Signs related to exfoliation syndrome
| Adapted from Ritch.12 |
| Diagnostic signs |
| Exfoliative material on lens surface |
| Suggestive signs |
| Loss of papillary ruff |
| Iris sphincter region transillumination |
| Pigment whorl on iris surface at sphincter |
| Pigment dispersion in anterior chamber following dilation in elderly patients |
| Heavy trabecular pigmentation of trabecular meshwork in the elderly |
| Alerting signs |
| Phacodonesis in the absence of trauma in elderly patients |
| Posterior lens subluxation in elderly patients |
| IOP rise after pharmacological dilatation |
| Marked asymmetry of IOP (>33%) in the absence of other obvious cause in the elderly |