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To determine whether pseudo-exfoliation material is present in extrabulbar tissues, including the conjunctiva, skin, and oral mucosa, of patients with ocular pseudo-exfoliation syndrome.

June 1, 1973Acta Ophthalmologica

On the Occurrence of Pseudo‐exfoliation Material in Extrabulbar Tissue From Patients With Pseudo‐exfoliation Syndrome of the Eye

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ARAmund RingvoldOslo University Hospital

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Biopsy study demonstrates pseudo-exfoliation material in palpebral conjunctiva of affected patients, suggesting extrabulbar synthesis rather than intraocular transport.

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To determine whether pseudo-exfoliation material is present in extrabulbar tissues, including the conjunctiva, skin, and oral mucosa, of patients with ocular pseudo-exfoliation syndrome.
Identified patients with and without pseudo-exfoliation syndrome using clinical slit-lamp examinations.
Obtained tissue biopsies from the palpebral conjunctiva, skin, and oral mucous membranes.
Analyzed biopsy specimens via electron microscopy to detect the presence of pseudo-exfoliation material.
Pseudo-exfoliation material was present in the palpebral conjunctiva of affected patients but entirely absent in conjunctival biopsies from unaffected controls.
Biopsies of the skin and oral mucous membrane from affected patients showed no detectable pseudo-exfoliation material under electron microscopy.
The localized extrabulbar presence suggests that pseudo-exfoliation material is synthesized directly within eyelid mucous membranes rather than transported from the interior of the eye.

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Amund Ringvold (1973) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97142aa43071aed1f6c9c8 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1973.tb06018.x

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Biopsy study demonstrates pseudo-exfoliation material in palpebral conjunctiva of affected patients, suggesting extrabulbar synthesis rather than intraocular transport.

On the Occurrence of Pseudo‐exfoliation Material in Extrabulbar Tissue From Patients With Pseudo‐exfoliation Syndrome of the Eye

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