INTRODUCTION Peters anomaly is a rare developmental malformation involving the anterior segment of the eye, which culminates in amblyopia or congenital blindness. Multiple ocular and/or systemic malformations have been observed with this anomaly, and novel comorbidities continue to be reported. CASE PRESENTATION The probands were monozygotic twin boys (twin I and twin II) born to consanguineo...

Purpose: To determine the success of combined trabeculotomy and trabeculectomy with application Mitomycin C in primary congenital glaucoma. Study Design: Interventional case series. Place Duration Study: Mughal eye hospital Lahore from January 2018 to December 2019. Methods: Twenty-four patients glaucoma were included. Secondary corneal haze excluded. Corneal diameter above 11.5, 12.5 13 mm (wh...

purpose: to investigate central corneal thickness (cct), endothelial cell characteristics and intraocular pressure (iop) in congenital cataract extracted eyes and to compare the results with eyes of normal age and sex matched controls. methods: cct and iop measurements and specular microscopy were performed in 31 eyes of 17 cases of extracted congenital cataracts and 40 eyes of 20 age and sex m...

This case report describes the pathological changes found in the markedly clouded and thickened corneal button from a child with bilateral congenital hereditary corneal dystrophy. When surveyed by light and electron microscopy, three types of abnormalities were evident: (1) superficial changes including small subepithelial bullae, interruptions of the thickened epithelial basement membrane, anc...

Dtiring the first year of life, diffuse corneal clouding is usually caused by infantile glaucoma or infections and inflammatory processes. Although several of the mucopolysaccharidases may also cause corneal clouding, other signs and symptoms predominate. Maumenee* described a congenital, hereditary corneal dystrophy characterized by diffuse corneal edema during the first year of life. His repo...

Infantswithsignificantcornealopacitiesareat risk fordevelopmentofprofound deprivation amblyopia without surgical intervention. Early cornealtransplantationisrecommended. However, penetrating keratoplasty (PK) in young children is considered a high-risk procedure. Additionally, apoorerprognosishasbeendescribed in children with congenital corneal opacities when compared with acquired corneal opac...

PURPOSE To investigate the clinical features of Korean patients with congenital aniridia. METHODS This retrospective study focused on 60 eyes from 31 patients who were diagnosed with congenital aniridia at Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital from 1996 to 2007. Patient age, gender, visual acuity (VA), family history, and previous ocular history were recorded. The presence of keratopathy, glaucoma, cat...

A 15-month-old boy was referred to the Oculoplastic Clinic at Labbafinejad Medical Center for treatment of a bulging and deformed blind left eye. He was the result of a normal full-term pregnancy and there had been no ocular discharge at birth. Examination of the left eye revealed a keratinized and ectatic cornea bulging 9 mm anteriorly (Fig. 1). The right eye had a chorioretinal coloboma. Due ...

A clinical case of viral conjunctivitis COVID-19, which was complicated by partial symblepharon and severe dry eye syndrome, is presented. The latter treated for several days with drops containing solutions glucocorticosteroid, a cytostatic an antiseptic combined tear replacement therapy, however led to extensive detachment the corneal epithelium right eye, superficial ulcer area keratomalacia ...