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Pigment dispersion can reach posterior lens capsule, case study suggests

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Pigment dispersion syndrome may lead to pigmentation of the posterior lens capsule, a case study suggests. The authors suggest that in some cases of pigment dispersion syndrome, aqueous may flow into the retrolental space.

Danny Y. Lin, MD, and colleagues at Stanford University Medical Center (Calif.) report the case of a 59-year-old male with bilateral pigment dispersion syndrome in the Journal of Glaucoma.

The patient experienced progressive decreases in vision over a 10- to 20-year period. In addition to the typical signs of the disease, upon examination physicians noted the presence of a “remarkably dense pigmentation of the posterior lens capsule in the eye with decreased visual acuity.”