Lens & Cataract-Updrawn Pupil

Updrawn Pupil

Clinical features:
- Superiorly displaced pupil.
- Symptoms:
  - May be asymptomatic
  - Glare
  - Decrease vision because part of the iris may cover the optical axis
- May be associated with sectoral stromal iris atrophy, ocular trauma or ocular surgery due to vitreous or iris entrapment, IOL placement, etc.
May be associated with ocular syndrome such as Rieger's or essential iris atrophy.
Management:
- Observation.
- Surgical technique refinement, which may include reconstruction of the pupil.
- Vitreous strand lysis using YAG laser.

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