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Dilek Yuksel1, Mustafa Kosker, Jagadesh C Reddy
1Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract:
This case report describes the management of a 17-year-old woman with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) with bilateral mature cataract, conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma in the left eye (OS) and a cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma on her nose. To our knowledge, this is the first reported XP case with a cataract developing in the last couple of years without any ocular trauma, any history of inadequate diet or of previous corticosteroid use. We believe that cataracts can be related to improper working of the DNA repair mechanism of the lens epithelial cells in XP patients.
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