Abstract
The authors describe a case of acute angle-closure glaucoma in a highly myopic patient secondary to Weill–Marchesani syndrome (WMS) and histopathologic features of his lens. A 37-year-old male patient visited our clinic for ocular pain with elevated intraocular pressure (19/57 mmHg). The slit-lamp examination showed an inferiorly subluxated lens in the right eye, and anterior dislocated microspherophakia with corneolenticular contact in the left eye. The physical examination showed brachydactyly and relatively short stature. To control the IOP and to improve visual acuity, lens extraction, anterior vitrectomy, and scleral-sutured IOL implantation surgery were performed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first histopathologic report of bilateral lens in a Korean patient with WMS. The pathologic specimens showed epithelial cell changes, hyaloid degeneration, and subcapsular cortical fiber changes. The authors attributed these changes to physical and mechanical factors because the lens is highly mobile and often comes in contact with the iris.
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Lim, SH., Son, J.H. & Cha, S.C. Acute angle-closure glaucoma in a highly myopic patient secondary to Weill–Marchesani syndrome: histopathologic lens features. Int Ophthalmol 36, 921–924 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-016-0220-9
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