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| OPHTHALMIC IMAGE |
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| Year : 2023 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 235 |
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Rays of rising sun or threads of sinking vision?
Pinkal Ratpiya, Vaishali Vasavada, Pooja Ghiya, Vineet Vaishnav, Shail Vasavada
Department of Cataract, Raghudeep Eye Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
| Date of Web Publication | 20-Jan-2023 |
Correspondence Address:
Pinkal Ratpiya
Raghudeep Eye Hospital, Gurukul Road, Ahmedabad – 380 052, Gujarat
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1818_22
How to cite this article:
Ratpiya P, Vasavada V, Ghiya P, Vaishnav V, Vasavada S. Rays of rising sun or threads of sinking vision?. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2023;3:235 |
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Ratpiya P, Vasavada V, Ghiya P, Vaishnav V, Vasavada S. Rays of rising sun or threads of sinking vision?. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep [serial online] 2023 [cited 2023 Feb 1];3:235. Available from: https://www.ijoreports.in/text.asp?2023/3/1/235/368175 |
Subluxated lens is a challenging problem, both for patients and surgeons. In absence of trauma, subluxation should evoke suspicion of concomitant hereditary systemic disease or associated ocular disorder.[1]
A 14-year-old male presented with best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 6/24 in RE and 3/60 in LE. On dilated slit-lamp examination, there was subluxation of lens along with the vitreous in the pupillary area with diffuse zonular weakness and superotemporal subluxation >270° [Figure 1]. Detailed systemic evaluation was performed and no systemic association was found. Management consisted of pars plana lensectomy and vitrectomy with intra-scleral fixation of intraocular lens (SFIOL) using Yamane's technique. The final BCVA was 6/9 in RE and 6/18 in LE. | Figure 1: Superotemporal subluxation >270° with lax zonules - normal and retroillumination
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Disruption or dysfunction of the zonular fibers of the lens is the underlying pathophysiology of subluxation. The most common cause of subluxation is trauma; other systemic associations include Marfan syndrome, Weill–Marchesani syndrome, homocystinuria, etc.
Treatment should be aimed at ophthalmic as well as systemic cause and managing complications.[2] Surgical intervention has two options: try and preserve the capsular bag and fixate it using single or double islet Cionni-modified capsule tension ring. In cases of extensive subluxation, performing a thorough pars plana lensectomy/vitrectomy with sutured or sutureless SFIOL is also a valid option.
Early diagnosis of subluxation with appropriate optical correction can prevent amblyopia and visual outcomes can be improved. However, long-term monitoring is of utmost importance.
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| 2. | Konradsen T, Kugelberg M, Zetterström C. Visual outcomes and complications in surgery for ectopia lentis in children. J Cataract Refract Surg 2007;33:819-24. |
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