True exfoliation of the lens capsule following uveitis.
OBJECTIVE
To report a rare case of true exfoliation of the lens capsule following panuveitis, with slit-lamp photographs before and following the development of the true exfoliation.


METHODS
Case report. Review of the history and clinical features of a 70-year-old woman who developed true exfoliation during the treatment for panuveitis.


RESULTS
After 7 months of treatment for bilateral panuveitis with topical steroid and tropicamide, the patient developed a thin, transparent membrane arising on the lens surface in the right eye. A diagnosis of true exfoliation of the lens capsule was made.


CONCLUSIONS
True exfoliation of the lens capsule following uveitis may occur due to the weakening of the anterior capsule by metabolic disorder caused by uveitis and precipitated by repeated mydriasis.
Yamamoto
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Department of Ophthalmology, Gamagori City Hospital, 1-1 Mukaida, Hirata-cho, Gamagori-shi, Aichi-ken 443-0004, Japan.
Miyagawa
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D000086:Acetazolamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D017889:Exfoliation Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D007905:Lens Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D015864:Panuveitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D014331:Tropicamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy
D001623:Betamethasone; D014331:Tropicamide; D000086:Acetazolamide