Congenital ectopia lentis is a rare ocular disease characterized by the dislocation or displacement of the lens. 2 The disease is most often attributed to disorders that disrupt the fibrillin-rich ...

The use of social media for phone reminders and health education doubled attendance rates in the 3 months after surgery in children with congenital ectopia lentis (CEL), while enhancing parental ...

Social media interventions significantly improved follow-up adherence and parental knowledge in congenital ectopia lentis cases. Congenital ectopia lentis, often linked to fibrillinopathies, requires ...

A social media approach to appointment reminders can significantly improve the follow-up exam rates of postoperative congenital ectopia lentis. A social media smartphone application for reminders and ...

Many Marfan features such as echocardiographic findings, 7 ectopia lentis, scoliosis, upper to lower segment ratio, and protrusio acetabulae are age dependent in their occurrence. 8 For younger ...

Scleral and retinal vascular abnormalities were not found in any of the LDS eyes. Ectopia lentis was found in one patient with LDS. The eyes of patients with LDS tended to be more myopic (spherical ...

Six children had temporal ectopia lentis and four had posterior perinuclear lens opacity. Additional features included developmental delay (two), epilepsy (one) and heterotopic grey matter in the ...

Over 30% of Marfan patients have a dislocated lens in one or both eyes (ectopia lentis) – the lens, located at the front of the eye, has slipped out of place because the zonules are weak. Retinal ...

In the most current ‘Revised Ghent Nosology’ of 2010,3 aortic dilatation/dissection and ectopia lentis (luxation of the lens) were given more weight, while other less specific criteria were made less ...

Upon further examinations, Weise and Witmer found that Von has ectopia lentis. After identifying the condition, Weise and Witmer still had to find what was causing it. They conducted genetic testing.

clinical and genetic diagnosis: In the clinical evaluation based on four clinical criteria (AHF, aortic dilatation, ectopia lentis, and systemic score), 75 cases were identified as MFS.

In some people, these can lead to sudden cardiac death. The most common eye issue is the displacement of the eye lens (ectopia lentis, or lens subluxation). This issue tends to occur in a person’s 30s ...