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Fig. 8

From: Explantation of a sutureless scleral fixated Carlevale intraocular lens due to calcification: a clinical and laboratory report

Fig. 8

(A) SEM image of a cross section of the Carlevale IOL (FIL SSF, Soleko IOL Division, Italy) showing subsurface calcium phosphate deposits forming a dense layer of deposits ca. 10 μm thick in the direction of the anterior external surface towards the interior of the IOL. (B) SEM image of the IOL shows the detailed morphology of prismatic crystals of hydroxyapatite formed in the dense layer shown in image A. (C) EDX microanalysis of the subsurface deposits (A) across the arrow line. (D) EDX microanalysis spectrum exhibiting peaks corresponding to calcium and phosphorus in the calcific deposits shown below the spectrum

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