Alport syndrome and conjunctival telangiectasia

Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol. 2003:(290):29-31.

Abstract

We report a patient with ocular abnormalities due to Alport syndrome. Considerable improvement of visual acuity was obtained following ocular lens extraction with foldable lens implantation in the right eye to compensate the effect of the lenticonus anterior. The presence of conjunctival telangiectasia is a new clinical finding in a patient with Alport syndrome.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Conjunctival Diseases / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Macular Edema / etiology
  • Male
  • Nephritis, Hereditary / complications*
  • Retinal Perforations / etiology
  • Telangiectasis / etiology*