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Abstract #47588 Published in IGR 13-4
Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome: No Central Zone of Pseudoexfoliation Material in Patients with Pseudophakia - a Clinical Study
Reiter C; Gramer E; Gramer GKlinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde 2011;
Background, Material and Methods: 1. An evaluation of medical findings and photodocumentation of 6 patients with pseudoexfoliation (PEX) material on the anterior surface of posterior chamber intraocular lenses was undertaken. Molecular genetic analysis of mutations in LOX-L1 was performed in order to confirm the association with pseudoexfoliation syndrome or glaucoma. Age of patients, the maximal intraocular pressure and perimetry with Octopus and Goldmann perimeters were documented as well as the time between implantation of the posterior chamber lens and diagnosis of pseudoexfoliation material on the anterior surface of posterior chamber lens. 2. Consecutive examinations of 35 patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome or -glaucoma and pseudophakia were made to evaluate the frequency of patients with pseudoexfoliation material on the anterior surface of posterior chamber lenses. Results: 1. The characteristic formation of stripe-shaped peripheral pseudoexfoliation material is seen in all examined patients on the anterior surface of posterior chamber lenses, but there is no central homogeneous round zone of pseudoexfoliation material in all patients. 2. the mean observation time of patients with pseudophakia and pseudoexfoliation syndrome or glaucoma is 4.4 (plus or minus) 3.9 years. 5.7 % of the patients show pseudoexfoliation material in the periphery of posterior chamber lenses. The mean time between implantation of the intraocular lens and diagnosis of pseudoexfoliation material on the lenses is 3 years. Conclusions: The lack of a central homogeneous round zone of pseudoexfoliation material deposits on the anterior surface of posterior chamber lenses seems to be characteristic. The change in topography of PEX material on intraocular lenses is described here for the first time. A knowledge of this change in the topography of pseudoexfoliation material in pseudophakia is important for glaucoma screening, because pseudoexfoliation deposits can only be detected in mydriasis due to the peripheral location on the intraocular lens. Due to the old age of patients at the onset of pseudoexfoliation deposits, a pseudoexfoliation syndrome frequently is likely to develop after cataract surgery in many patients. (copyright) Georg Thieme Verlag KG. LA: German, English
C. Reiter. Augenklinik, Universitat Wurzburg, Josef-Schneider Str. 11, 97080 Wurzburg, . Email: constantin.reiter@gmx.de
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)
9.4.11.2 Glaucomas in aphakia and pseudophakia (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.11 Glaucomas following intraocular surgery)
