RT Journal
A1 Sher NA, Letson RD, Desnick RJ
T1 THe ocular manifestations in fabry's disease
JF Archives of Ophthalmology
JO Archives of Ophthalmology
YR 1979
FD April 1
VO 97
IS 4
SP 671
OP 676
DO 10.1001/archopht.1979.01020010327008
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1979.01020010327008
AB • We present the ocular manifestations in a series of 37 hemizygous male and 25 heterozygous female patients with Fabry's disease. The ocular findings typically do not impair vision, but are unique and diagnostic. Whorl-like corneal deposits were seen in almost all patients and were more severe in the heterozygotes. The lens showed cream-colored anterior capsular deposits, sometimes in striking "propeller" distribution, in one third of the hemizygotes, and in none of the heterozygotes. A faint but unique posterior capsular opacity with a branching radial pattern was seen in 37% of the hemizygotes and 14% of the heterozygotes. Conjunctival vessel aneurysmal dilations and retinal vessel tortuosity were both more frequent and severe in the hemizygotes. Severe visual loss occurred in two hemizygotes as a result of unilateral total central artery occlusions.