Bilateral Complicated Microphthalmia in a Family.

Baek, Hyoung Il; Yoon, Hi Mo; Chi, Nam Cheol

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1989;30(6):1031-1035.
Published online June 1, 1989.

Bilateral Complicated Microphthalmia in a Family.

Hyoung Il Baek, Hi Mo Yoon, Nam Cheol Chi

Department of Ophthalmology, Chosun University, Medical School, Korea.

한가족에 발생한 양안 합병성 소안구증

백형일(Hyoung Il Baek),윤희모(Hi Mo Yoon),지남철(Nam Cheol Chi)

Abstract

Complicated microphthalmos can be diagnosed when a reduction in global dimension is combined with other structural anomalies. These include corneal opacity or staphyloma, cataract, aniridia, corectopia, persistence of pupillary membrane or the tunica vasculosa lentis and hyaloid vessel, thickening or ossification of the choroid and various retinal anomalies. Complicated microphthalmos is frequently hereditary and the transmission may be either as an autosomal dominant or recessive or as a sex linked recessive trait. Four cases of bilateral complicated microphthalmos with cataract were found in a family.

Key Words: Microphthalmos