Missed case of Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome: a case report

BACKGROUND: Anterior segment dysgenesis is a failure of normal development of the anterior segment of the eye. The structural anomalies are associated with glaucoma and corneal opacity which may lead to blindness. CASE PRESENTATION: A Caucasian male was noted to have 'funny pupils' at the...

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Autores principales: Dhir, L, Frimpong-Ansah, K, Habib, Nabil E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2585579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18990239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-299
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author Dhir, L
Frimpong-Ansah, K
Habib, Nabil E
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Habib, Nabil E
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description BACKGROUND: Anterior segment dysgenesis is a failure of normal development of the anterior segment of the eye. The structural anomalies are associated with glaucoma and corneal opacity which may lead to blindness. CASE PRESENTATION: A Caucasian male was noted to have 'funny pupils' at the age of seven years but not followed up. He was diagnosed to have Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome at the age of thirty four years when he presented with glaucoma and visual field loss. CONCLUSION: Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome is uncommon. There is risk of sight loss due to glaucoma and corneal opacity. Importance of long-term follow up in cases of abnormal ocular findings in early life is emphasised.
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spelling pubmed-25855792008-11-21 Missed case of Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome: a case report Dhir, L Frimpong-Ansah, K Habib, Nabil E Cases J Case Report BACKGROUND: Anterior segment dysgenesis is a failure of normal development of the anterior segment of the eye. The structural anomalies are associated with glaucoma and corneal opacity which may lead to blindness. CASE PRESENTATION: A Caucasian male was noted to have 'funny pupils' at the age of seven years but not followed up. He was diagnosed to have Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome at the age of thirty four years when he presented with glaucoma and visual field loss. CONCLUSION: Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome is uncommon. There is risk of sight loss due to glaucoma and corneal opacity. Importance of long-term follow up in cases of abnormal ocular findings in early life is emphasised. BioMed Central 2008-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2585579/ /pubmed/18990239 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-299 Text en Copyright © 2008 Dhir et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Dhir, L
Frimpong-Ansah, K
Habib, Nabil E
Missed case of Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome: a case report
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title_full Missed case of Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome: a case report
title_fullStr Missed case of Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Missed case of Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome: a case report
title_short Missed case of Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome: a case report
title_sort missed case of axenfeld-rieger syndrome: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2585579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18990239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-299
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