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Abstract #21662 Published in IGR 10-3
Topical latanoprost causes posterior movement of lens in a patient with exfoliation syndrome and subluxated lens: A case report
Kanamoto T; Takamatsu M; Kiuchi YJournal of Medical Case Reports 2007; 1: 172
INTRODUCTION: To report the effect of topical latanoprost on the position of a subluxated lens. Case presentation: After 0.005% latanoprost was administered topically to a patient with ocular hypertension due to a pseudoexfoliation syndrome and a subluxated lens, the position of the lens was examined by slit-lamp biomicroscopy, and the ciliary body thickness by ultrasound biomicroscopy. The lens had moved posteriorly, and the thickness of the ciliary body had decreased after the latanoprost. CONCLUSION: We suggest that the decrease in the thickness of the ciliary body resulted in an increase in the tension of the zonule of Zinn fibers, thus pulling the subluxated lens posteriorly.
Dr. T. Kanamoto, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. tkana@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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)
11.4 Prostaglandins (Part of: 11 Medical treatment)
9.4.4.3 Glaucomas associated with lens dislocation (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)
