BILATERAL CONGENITAL ANOPHTHALMOS

Bilateral Congenital Anophthalmos and Agenesis of the Optic Pathways

This report presents a rare example of a bilateral congenital anophthalmos and an agenesis of the optic pathways. The MR imaging studies revealed that the eyeballs, optic nerves, optic chiasm, optic tracts and optic radiation were absent. The chromosomal examination was normal. Mild mental retardation was also observed. Apart from the rarity of the anophthalmos and the total absence of the opti...

Sex - Linked Hereditary Bilateral Anophthalmos

rprue anophthalmos is a rare clinical *entity, and the diagnosis can only be made by histologie examination of the orbital contents. Cases with pathologic substantiation of both the intraorbital and the intracranial com¬ ponents of the visual system are still rare.13 We present herein the radiologic and postmortem follow-up in a case of an X-linked recessive form of anophthalmos originally repo...

Anophthalmos. A Case Report

Congenital bilateral choanal atresia.

Congenital choanal atresia (CCA) is the developmental failure of the nasal cavity to communicate with nasopharynx. Surgical repair is recommended in the first weeks of life in bilateral cases because this is a life-threatening situation in newborns. This is a case report of a full-term, healthy newborn baby presenting with intermittent attacks of cyanosis and respiratory distress soon after bir...

Congenital bilateral choanal atresi

Congenital choanal atresia (CCA) is the developmental failure of the nasal cavity to communicate with nasopharynx. Surgical repair is recommended in the first weeks of life in bilateral cases because this is a lifethreatening situation in newborns. This is a case report of a full term, healthy newborn baby presenting with intermittent attacks of cyanosis and respiratory distress soon after birt...