J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1977 Dec;18(4):419-422.
4 Cases of Congenital Aniridia
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.
Abstract
- The authors experienced 4 cases of congenital aniridia associated with other ocular defects. (case 1:20 year old male. case 2 and 3:5 month male, case 4:24 year old female). Three cases of these showed bilateral involvement and one case (case 4) unilateral involvement. Four patients had the following eye defects recorded: 2 cases of cataract (case 1, 2), 2 cases. of optic nerve atrophy (case 3, 4), glaucoma (case 4), and significant exotropia (case 4). Two cases of cataract was operated by aspiration method and the visual acuity corrected with Sph. +11.0 lens was 0.08 in both eyes of case 1. Cyclodialysis was performed for glaucomatous eye and intraocular pressure was decreased from 34.5mmHg to 24.4mmHg. Reoperation was advised but refused by patient.
