Long anterior lens zonules with retinal stripes: a case report.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Long anterior lens zonules   (LAZs) is a rare disease that was mostly conducted among African Americans. Through the observation of a Chinese patient, we discoverd that the disease may show different characteristics in Asians.

CASE PRESENTATION:

A patient with vision loss due to a macular hole was found to have several special clinical signs during vitrectomy combined with phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation surgery in our hospital, including radially oriented lines on the anterior capsule with pigment, a shallow anterior chamber, slightly high intraocular pressure, and radial retinal stripes in the peripheral retina. Finally, he was diagnosed with long anterior lens zonule syndrome.

CONCLUSION:

Clinicians need to pay more attention to the rare disease LAZs. It is important to tear the appropriate size of the anterior capsule so as to avoid radial capsular tearing and intraocular lens dislocation.

• Authors: Xiaolu Cao, Jiayin Qin, Zhiyong Li, Peipei Jia, Beibei Gao, Lin Feng, Wei Wang
• Journal: BMC ophthalmology (BMC Ophthalmol) Vol. 22 Issue 1 Pg. 274 (Jun 23 2022) ISSN: 1471-2415 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 35739512 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: © 2022. The Author(s).

Topics

• Humans
• Lens Capsule, Crystalline (surgery)
• Lens Implantation, Intraocular
• Lenses, Intraocular
• Male
• Phacoemulsification
• Postoperative Complications (surgery)
• Rare Diseases (surgery)
• Retina