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Ciliary body is not hyperplastic in Weill-Marchesani syndrome
T S Dietlein1, P C Jacobi, G K Krieglstein
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany.
Purpose:
To demonstrate the in-vivo morphology of the ciliary body in Weill-Marchesani syndrome which might be of pathophysiological importance for the spherical shape of the crystalline lens.
Methods:
Three juvenile patients with Marchesani syndrome were examined by ultrasound biomicroscopy of the anterior segment.
Results:
The in-vivo configuration of the ciliary body in these Weill-Marchesani patients with normal axial length of the eye showed no signs of hyperplasia, and was even relatively small.
Conclusion:
Spherophakia and hyperplasia of the ciliary body are not necessarily associated with the syndrome, as supposed by Marchesani and other investigators. Instead, spherophakia might be regularly accompanied by a small ciliary body in Weill-Marchesani syndrome.