A young Botswana patient with congenital iris ectropion uvea

Congenital iris ectropion is a rare condition; non-progressive anomaly characterised by the presence of iris pigment epithelium on the anterior surface of the iris stroma and is frequently associated with anterior iris insertion, dysgenesis of the drainage angle and glaucoma. This paper describes un...

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Autores principales: Shifa, Jemal Zeberga, Nkomazana, Othokawa, Bekele, Negussie Alula, Kassa, Mamo Woldu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5268767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28154731
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.25.42.10593
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author Shifa, Jemal Zeberga
Nkomazana, Othokawa
Bekele, Negussie Alula
Kassa, Mamo Woldu
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description Congenital iris ectropion is a rare condition; non-progressive anomaly characterised by the presence of iris pigment epithelium on the anterior surface of the iris stroma and is frequently associated with anterior iris insertion, dysgenesis of the drainage angle and glaucoma. This paper describes unusual case of bilateral case of congenital iris ectropion in adult patient with pupillary abnormality, normal anterior chamber angle structure and with no evidence of glaucoma.
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spelling pubmed-52687672017-02-02 A young Botswana patient with congenital iris ectropion uvea Shifa, Jemal Zeberga Nkomazana, Othokawa Bekele, Negussie Alula Kassa, Mamo Woldu Pan Afr Med J Case Report Congenital iris ectropion is a rare condition; non-progressive anomaly characterised by the presence of iris pigment epithelium on the anterior surface of the iris stroma and is frequently associated with anterior iris insertion, dysgenesis of the drainage angle and glaucoma. This paper describes unusual case of bilateral case of congenital iris ectropion in adult patient with pupillary abnormality, normal anterior chamber angle structure and with no evidence of glaucoma. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5268767/ /pubmed/28154731 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.25.42.10593 Text en © Jemal Zeberga Shifa et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Nkomazana, Othokawa
Bekele, Negussie Alula
Kassa, Mamo Woldu
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5268767/
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