Atlas of Ophthalmology

Ectopia of the Lens

Ectopia of the Lens
A congenital defect with missing zonule fibers. Usually found nasally inferior but also elsewhere. Homocystinuria has to be ruled out
Wollensak, Josef, Prof. Dr. med., Univ.-Augenklinik, Berlin, Germany
Q12.2
Lens -> Congenital and Juvenile Cataracts, Usually Bilateral (see also: Congenital Syndromes) -> Ectopia of the Lens, Lens Displacement -> Case, Ectopia of the Lens
embryology; lens; congenital syndromes
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