Pseudoexfoliation is a ubiquitous syndrome of multifactorial origin affecting elderly people by increasing the risk of cataract and secondary glaucoma development. Despite modern techniques and technologies for cataract surgery, pseudoexfoliation syndrome represents a challenge for surgeons because of the increased weakness of the zonular apparatus and limited pupil dilation. Due to the inheren...

purpose: to compare total plasma homocysteine (thcy) levels in cataract patients with and without pseudoexfoliation syndrome (pxs). methods: in this case-control study 29 (15 female and 14 male) cataract patients with pxs and 29 (16 female and 13 male) cataract patients without pxs were enrolled. fasting thcy level was measured using high-performance liquid chromatography and compared between t...

background: glaucoma is a progressive optic neuropathy and is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. different factors have been contributed in the pathogenesis of glaucoma including h. pylori infection. objective: to determine the levels of anti-h. pylori igg antibody in the aqueous humor of patients with pseudoexfoliation and primary open angle glaucoma, in comparison with age and ...

The depth of the anterior chamber was measured in 34 eyes with pseudoexfoliation but without glaucoma and in 334 normal controls. No significant difference was found.

background: pseudoexfoliation syndrome is one of the most common identifiable causes of open angle glaucoma. it has unknown etiology and pathogenesis. infection, possibly viral, is one of the proposed pathogenic mechanisms in this condition. in the present study the presence of herpes simplex virus (hsv) in specimens of anterior lens capsule of patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome has been ...

This article aims to comprehensively describe a particular case of bilateral intraocular subluxated lens with pseudoexfoliation syndrome in Moroccan woman homocystinuria. We report 56-year-old patient who has cataractous along whitish deposits. The association PEX hyperhomocysteinemia rarely been found. It worsens the lenses' zonular stability and causes multiple complications.