Equatorial lens pigmentation, myopia, and retinal detachment.
Five myopic male retinal detachment patients had pigmentation of the lens equator that mildly obscured the view of the ora serrata. It may be related to a prepigmentary glaucoma state or to development of the ciliary ring predisposing to retinal detachment, or both.
D000328:Adult; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000150:complications*; D010858:Pigmentation; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014792:Visual Acuity