Article type: Letter to Editor
Article
title: Ectopia
lentis differential diagnosis
Journal: The
Pan-American Journal of Ophthalmology
Year: 2020
Authors: Jamir Pitton Rissardo, Ana Letícia Fornari
Caprara
E-mail: jamirrissardo@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Ectopia lentis is
a displacement of the eye's crystalline lens from its normal location. This
dislocation can be partial (subluxation) or complete (luxation). A narrow group
of diseases is commonly associated with this finding. To be more specific,
there are three systemic conditions that ectopia lentis can occur in about
60%–90% of the individuals affected by these disorders: WMS, Marfan syndrome
(MFS), and homocystinuria caused by cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency
(HCU). The identification of this manifestation in presupposed genetic
syndromes or systemic diseases is very important because can prompt the
diagnosis and influence the affected individual in minimizing the expression of
the disease.
Keywords: Ectopia lentis, weil–marchesani
syndrome, marfan syndrome, homocystinuria
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DOI
10.4103/PAJO.PAJO_32_20
Citation
Rissardo
JP, Fornari Caprara AL. Ectopia lentis differential
diagnosis. Pan Am J Ophthalmol 2020;2:24
