Familial congenital glaucoma and epilepsy: a case series

We present two siblings from consanguineous marriage, both with congenital glaucoma and seizure disorders with progressive visual impairment and blindness. The pedigree showed that five (one male and four females) of the eleven siblings have varied degrees of visual impairment to blindness with seiz...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nigerian journal of paediatrics 2024-07, Vol.39 (4), p.197-198
Hauptverfasser: Alhaji MA, Ibrahim UF, Ahmad H, Ashir GM
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We present two siblings from consanguineous marriage, both with congenital glaucoma and seizure disorders with progressive visual impairment and blindness. The pedigree showed that five (one male and four females) of the eleven siblings have varied degrees of visual impairment to blindness with seizure disorders. To the best of our knowledge, familial congenital glaucoma with epilepsy has not been reported, hence the communication to highlight this unusual condition which could be an association or syndromic.
ISSN:0302-4660
2814-2985