A dislocated or displaced lens (ectopia lentis) can occur due to a number of conditions.
Parameters to identify:
(1) nature of onset (hereditary, congenital, acquired)
(2) being part of a systemic disorder or localized
Causes or associations of ectopia lentis:
(1) Adenoma of the nonpigmented epithelium of the ciliary body
(2) Aniridia
(3) Apert syndrome
(4) Axenfield-Rieger syndrome
(5) Chronic cyclitis
(6) Congenital glaucoma
(7) Conradi syndrome
(8) Crouzon syndrome
(9) Cryptophthalmia syndrome
(10) Ectopia Lentis et Pupillae
(11) Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
(12) Familial hyperlysinemia
(13) Gillum-Anderson syndrome
(14) Gorlin-Goltz syndrome
(15) High myopia
(16) Homocystinuria
(17) Hypermature cataract
(18) Iatrogenic
(19) Intraocular tumor
(20) Kniest syndrome
(21) Mandibulofacial dysostosis (Treacher Collins syndrome)
(22) Marfan syndrome
(23) Marfan-like syndrome
(24) Megalocornea
(25) Oculodental syndrome
(26) Pfaundler syndrome
(27) Pierre Robin syndrome
(28) Pseudoexfoliation syndrome
(29) Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
(30) Refsum syndrome
(31) Reiger syndrome
(32) Retinal disinsertion syndrome
(33) Retinitis pigmentosa
(34) Retinoblastoma
(35) Scleroderma
(36) Sprengel deformity
(37) Sticklers syndrome
(38) Sturge Weber syndrome
(39) Sulfite oxidase deficiency
(40) Syphilis
(41) Trauma
(42) Uveitis
(43) Weill Marchesani Syndrome
(44) Wildervanck syndrome
