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Abstract #15465 Published in IGR 1-3
Loss of iridolenticular contact in eyes with exfoliation syndrome may protect against glaucoma
Konstas AG; Diafas SActa Ophthalmologica Scandinavica 1999; 77: 467-470
PURPOSE: To provide evidence for the hypothesis that dynamic iridolenticular contact predisposes to the development of glaucoma in exfoliation syndrome (XFS). METHODS: The authors present four patients with bilateral XFS and unilateral exfoliation glaucoma (XFG) whose normotensive eyes had suffered traumatic loss of dynamic iridolenticular contact. RESULTS: All four patients had bilateral XFS and developed XFG only in the untraumatized eyes. One patient had loss of iridolenticular contact in the traumatized eye, two had a nonreactive pupil, and one had had intracapsular cataract extraction at age 28. CONCLUSIONS: Loss of dynamic iridolenticular contact may help to protect against development of glaucoma in eyes with XFS.
Dr. A.G. Konstas, University Department of Ophthalmology, Thessaloniki; Greece
Classification:
9.4.4.1 Exfoliation syndrome (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.4 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the lens)
