EyeRounds Photo Quiz #4
Compiled by Justin Risma, MD
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Q29: How would you describe this lens?
A29: Subluxated.
A luxated, or dislocated, lens is completely displaced from the pupil, implying complete zonular dehiscence.
Ectopia lentis encompasses both of these terms, and may be congenital, developmental, or acquired.
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Q30: What is the differential diagnosis?
A30: Trauma, Marfan's syndrome, homocystinuria, aniridia, congenital glaucoma, Ehler's-Danlos, hyperlysinemia, sulfite oxidase deficiency, ectopia lentis et pupillae, and isolated ectopia lentis.