4 Cases of Congenital Aniridia.

Park, Yeoung Geol; Suh, Dong Hyun; Lee, Hong Soo

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1977;18(4):419-422.
Published online April 1, 1977.

4 Cases of Congenital Aniridia.

Yeoung Geol Park, Dong Hyun Suh, Hong Soo Lee

Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.

선천성 무홍채 4예

박영걸 , 서동현 , 이홍수 ( Young Geol Park , Dong Hyun Suh , Hong Soo Lee )

Abstract

The authors experienced 4 cases of congenital aniridia associated with other ocular defects. (case 1:20 year old male. case 2 and 3:5 month male, case 4:24 year old female). Three cases of these showed bilateral involvement and one case (case 4) unilateral involvement. Four patients had the following eye defects recorded: 2 cases of cataract (case 1, 2), 2 cases. of optic nerve atrophy (case 3, 4), glaucoma (case 4), and significant exotropia (case 4). Two cases of cataract was operated by aspiration method and the visual acuity corrected with Sph. +11.0 lens was 0.08 in both eyes of case 1. Cyclodialysis was performed for glaucomatous eye and intraocular pressure was decreased from 34.5mmHg to 24.4mmHg. Reoperation was advised but refused by patient.