The endogenous lactoferrin present in WT mice appears to reduce the choroidal neovascularization in the laser-induced choroidal neovascularization model in mice. Treatment with exogenous lactoferrin is capable of reducing the choroidal neovascularization in lactoferrin knockout mice but does not add a significant protective effect to WT.

A 27-year-old man presented to the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota, in March 2011 complaining of redness, soreness, blurry vision and an irregular pupil in the right eye immediately following trauma with a hand to the right eye. His past ocular history was significant for congenital cataracts. In August 2007, he had a 19 D intraocular lens (IOL; CZ70BD; Alcon, Hünenberg, Switzerland) sutured into the ciliary sulcus of the right eye under endoscopic guidance. A 20.5 D IOL (CZ70BD; Alcon) was sutured in the sulcus of the left eye in June 2007.