aetiology

Last reviewed 01/2018

The causes of lens dislocation include:

  • trauma - most common
  • hereditary:
    • coloboma of the lens
    • homocystinuria:
      • classically downward dislocation
      • 5% of cases
    • Marfan's syndrome
    • classically superior and nasal dislocation
    • Marchessani's syndrome

Ref: Vaughan (1989). Ophthalmology. Lange.