Bilateral spontaneous anterior lens capsule ruptures in a child: A rare presentation of Alport syndrome

PURPOSE: This report describes the rare case of a child with bilateral spontaneous anterior lens capsule ruptures as the presenting feature of Alport syndrome. OBSERVATIONS: The clinical presentation, special investigations and surgical management of the child are described, accompanied by a brief d...

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Autores principales: van der Westhuizen, Dian Petrus, Stuart, Kelsey Vernon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7522691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33015404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100896
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description PURPOSE: This report describes the rare case of a child with bilateral spontaneous anterior lens capsule ruptures as the presenting feature of Alport syndrome. OBSERVATIONS: The clinical presentation, special investigations and surgical management of the child are described, accompanied by a brief discussion of the genetic basis for the ocular and systemic manifestations of Alport syndrome. CONCLUSIONS: Bilateral spontaneous anterior lens capsule ruptures as the presenting feature of Alport syndrome has not been described before.
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spelling pubmed-75226912020-10-02 Bilateral spontaneous anterior lens capsule ruptures in a child: A rare presentation of Alport syndrome van der Westhuizen, Dian Petrus Stuart, Kelsey Vernon Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Case Report PURPOSE: This report describes the rare case of a child with bilateral spontaneous anterior lens capsule ruptures as the presenting feature of Alport syndrome. OBSERVATIONS: The clinical presentation, special investigations and surgical management of the child are described, accompanied by a brief discussion of the genetic basis for the ocular and systemic manifestations of Alport syndrome. CONCLUSIONS: Bilateral spontaneous anterior lens capsule ruptures as the presenting feature of Alport syndrome has not been described before. Elsevier 2020-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7522691/ /pubmed/33015404 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100896 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Bilateral spontaneous anterior lens capsule ruptures in a child: A rare presentation of Alport syndrome
title Bilateral spontaneous anterior lens capsule ruptures in a child: A rare presentation of Alport syndrome
title_full Bilateral spontaneous anterior lens capsule ruptures in a child: A rare presentation of Alport syndrome
title_fullStr Bilateral spontaneous anterior lens capsule ruptures in a child: A rare presentation of Alport syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral spontaneous anterior lens capsule ruptures in a child: A rare presentation of Alport syndrome
title_short Bilateral spontaneous anterior lens capsule ruptures in a child: A rare presentation of Alport syndrome
title_sort bilateral spontaneous anterior lens capsule ruptures in a child: a rare presentation of alport syndrome
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7522691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33015404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100896
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