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Aging with Marfan and Related Conditions (VIrtual Medical Symposium Series, 5/6/19) 16:49-18:14 Now the eye is critical. In all of us and we can all get cataracts; we can all get glaucoma; a macular degeneration is common in the general po…
When should aggressive eye treatment be considered? As a young baby, the eyes may be totally normal and you just don't see it often. There is absolutely nothing wrong under a child, maybe, five years old when they start to sit on top of th…
Why do so many children with Marfan syndrome have refractive errors? A refractive error is an aberration in the visual system in the focusing power of the eye. See? It's an error in coordination of the first lens, the cornea, or the lens i…
What is a retinal detachment and how is it treated? Retinal detachment means that the retina separates from its underlying layer. Under the retina is a layer that's called a retinal pigment epithelium and that the retinal pigment epitheliu…
What causes retinal detachment in patients with Marfan syndrome? The causes of retinal detachment in the Marfan syndrome are not 100% clear. There is no fibrillin in the retina and there is no fibrillin in the vitreous. The vitreous being …
www.youtube.com Maybe, 65-70% of the patients have lens dislocation, but it's a progressive disease. And by age 10, maybe only 50%. So, the number increases with time. Maybe by age 60-70, 70% will have the experience of lens dislocation. S…
In the Marfan syndrome, you're in a special situation. You don't have this ligament or healthy ligament around the lens. You don't have these fibers that hold the lens in space, so you're dealing with a structure that just doesn't have the…
What is a dislocated lens and how is it treated? So, there is fibrillin around cornea and then there's fibrillin around the lens. There is their little ligaments that hold the lens in space. Basically, you know, your lens has no realattach…
What causes the eye problems in Marfan syndrome? The issues really go from the front of the eye to the back. Basically every part of the eye is involved because fibrillin is in virtually every part of the eye and since fibrillin is the par…
Marfan 101 9/12/18 (Virtual Medical Symposium Series) 13:37-15:15 Another system that is frequently affected in Marfan syndrome is the ocular or the eye. 眼にも影響があります。 Myopia or nearsightedness is a common feature. I like this par…