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True exfoliation of the lens capsule following uveitis
1Department of Ophthalmology, Gamagori City Hospital, 1-1 Mukaida, Hirata-cho, Gamagori-shi, Aichi-ken 443-0004, Japan.
Purpose:
To report a rare case of true exfoliation of the lens capsule following panuveitis, with slit-lamp photographs before and following the development of the true exfoliation.
Methods:
Case report. Review of the history and clinical features of a 70-year-old woman who developed true exfoliation during the treatment for panuveitis.
Results:
After 7 months of treatment for bilateral panuveitis with topical steroid and tropicamide, the patient developed a thin, transparent membrane arising on the lens surface in the right eye. A diagnosis of true exfoliation of the lens capsule was made.
Conclusions:
True exfoliation of the lens capsule following uveitis may occur due to the weakening of the anterior capsule by metabolic disorder caused by uveitis and precipitated by repeated mydriasis.
