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Abstract #78362 Published in IGR 20-1

Exfoliation syndrome associated with LOXL1 gene polymorphisms in a Black patient from Latin America: a case report

Takitani GEDS; Azevedo AGB; Motta FL; Teixeira SH; Sallum JMF; Vessani RM
Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia 2018; 81: 437-439


A 89-year-old Black female with a 6-year history of advanced open-angle glaucoma was referred to the Glaucoma Service of the Ophthalmology Department - Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). Best-corrected visual acuity was 20/400 in the right eye and 20/60 in the left eye. Pseudoexfoliation material was observed at the iris border, angle, and the anterior lens surface. Anterior biomicroscopy revealed exfoliation material forming an evident peripheral zone and a central disc separated by a clear intermediate zone on the anterior lens surface OU. Gonioscopy showed an open-angle Sampaolesis's line and whitish material deposits OU. Fundus examination revealed a cup-to-disc ratio of 1.0 OU with peripapillary atrophy. Genetic analysis for single nucleo-tide polymorphisms of the lysyl oxidase-like 1 gene linked to exfoliation syndrome identified two such single nucleotide polymorphisms, rs1048661 and rs216524.

Department of Ophthalmology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

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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)
3.4.2 Gene studies (Part of: 3 Laboratory methods > 3.4 Molecular genetics)



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