A Case of Madan's Syndrome.
- Author:
Kyung Hwan SHYN
1
;
Won Ui CHANG
;
Shi Young KIM
;
Dong Kyu SEON
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Han Gang Sacred Heart Hospital, Chung Ang University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Arachnodactyly;
Cataract;
Ectopia Lentis;
Marfan Syndrome;
Mesoderm
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1977;18(1):143-145
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Marfan's syndrome is another name of arachnodactyly and was firstly noted by Marfan in 1896. Salle found that ocular signs are also accompanied by this syndrome. Since then, many cases of this syndrome have been reported even in this country. The etiology of this syndrome is not exactly classified but is thought as an hereditorical and general developemental abnormalities of mesodermal origin. Authors report here a case of this syndrome in which ectopia lentis, lens opacity, organization of vitreous and iridodonesis are present.
