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Pseudoexfoliation increases risk for glaucoma damage, cataract surgery challenges
Pseudoexfoliation is a systemic disease, not just an ocular finding, being present in many organs outside the eye, including the heart, kidneys, liver and brain. It was first described as exfoliation of the lens capsule by John Lindberg of Finland in 1917. Several decades later, the famous pathologist Dr. Georgiana Dvorak Theobald changed the name to pseudoexfoliation to distinguish it from the true exfoliation of the lens capsule that occurs in glass blowers who do not wear protective shields. It occurs more frequently in women than in men, is more (Read more...)