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Winner of February 2002 Quiz
Arch Ophthalmol. 2002;120:1306.
Congratulations to the winner of our February quiz, Luigi Capasso, MD,
Il Università degli Studi di Napoli, Naples, Italy. The correct answer
to our February challenge was calcium deposition. For a complete discussion
of this case, see the Clinicopathologic Reports, Case Reports, and Small Case
Series section in the March ARCHIVES (Pandey SK, Werner L, Apple DJ, Gravel
J-P. Calcium precipitation on the optical surface of a foldable intraocular
lens: a clinicopathological
correlations. Arch Ophthalmol. 2002;120:391-393).
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Photomicrograph of the explanted opacified Hydroview intraocular
lens (Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY) showing the confluent deposits on
the anterior optical surface. The polymethyl-methacrylate haptics are free
of any deposits (original magnification x100).
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Wide Web site (http://www.archophthalmol.com) and try your hand
at our Clinical Challenge Interactive Quiz. We invite visitors to make a diagnosis
based on selected information from a case report or other feature scheduled
to be published in the following month's print edition of the ARCHIVES. The
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in the print journal and on our Web site and will also receive a free copy
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