Severe microcornea with anterior segment malformation in a mother and her son

Acta Ophthalmol Scand Suppl. 1996:(219):27-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00379.x.

Abstract

A male infant with microcornea, anterior segment dysgenesis and congenital cataracts, but with a normal ocular posterior segment is reported. His mother also had extreme microcornea, no useful vision from birth, but had globes of grossly normal size.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anterior Eye Segment / abnormalities*
  • Cataract / congenital
  • Cataract / diagnostic imaging
  • Cataract Extraction
  • Cornea / abnormalities*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Microphthalmos / genetics
  • Ultrasonography