title: Dislocation of the crystalline lens in a patient with Sturge-Weber syndrome.
abstract: A moderately retarded institutionalized patient diagnosed with Sturge-Weber syndrome and bilateral retinitis pigmentosa underwent enucleation OD because of intractable pain secondary to glaucoma in 1965. Twenty-three years later, the patient had a dislocated lens OS. Although the lens dislocation might have been caused by trauma, it also might be associated with either Sturge-Weber syndrome or retinitis pigmentosa. The role of protective eye wear in one-eyed institutionalized retarded patients is discussed. To our knowledge, this combination of Sturge-Weber syndrome, bilateral retinitis pigmentosa, and a dislocated lens has not been reported previously.
authors.affiliation: Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Filatov
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Guyer
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lustbader
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Berkow
mesh_terms: D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D007906:Lens Subluxation / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000150:complications; D013341:Sturge-Weber Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014821:Vitrectomy