Bilateral sporadic aniridia: review of management

Bilateral sporadic aniridia: review of management

To report a rare case of bilateral sporadic aniridia in an African child and review the management modalities. We report a case of bilateral sporadic aniridia with horizontal nystagmus, axial cataract optic disc, and fovea hypoplasia in a 5-year-old female patient. She was managed conservatively. Va...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) N.Z.), 2010-01, Vol.4 (default), p.1085-1089
Hauptverfasser: Adeoti, Caroline O, Afolabi, Adebimpe A, Afolabi, Adeyinka A, Ashaye, Adeyinka O, Ashaye, Adebimpe O, Adeoye, Adenike O
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Sprache:eng
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aniridia
Case Report
cataract
fovea hypoplasia and optic disc hypoplasiaErratum for this paper has been published
glaucoma
keratopathy
nystagmus
Ophthalmology
sporadic
syndrome
tattooing
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Zusammenfassung:To report a rare case of bilateral sporadic aniridia in an African child and review the management modalities. We report a case of bilateral sporadic aniridia with horizontal nystagmus, axial cataract optic disc, and fovea hypoplasia in a 5-year-old female patient. She was managed conservatively. Various modalities of treatment are reviewed.
ISSN:1177-5483
1177-5467
1177-5483
DOI:10.2147/OPTH.S11905