Sex-Linked Hereditary Bilateral Anophthalmos

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...

Hereditary sex-linked retinoschisis.

The management of retinoschisis still presents a complex clinical problem, and a survey of the current literature suggests that opinion remains divided regarding the most suitable form of treatment. It has been suggested that the results of surgery are poor and that operative treatment should be undertaken only with reluctance (Balian and Falls, I960; Shea, Schepens, and von Pirquet, I960; Duke...

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...

Anophthalmos. A Case Report

X-linked Hereditary Retinoschisis.

AN X-linked degenerative retino-choroidal disease, hereditary retinoschisis, has been identified in the last 10 years. In milder cases the disease takes the form of radial macular degeneration, but in severe cases a grey sheet-like veil is attached to the detachment in the retinal vasculature, especially in the lower temporal quadrant. In differential diagnosis, according to Ricci (1960), a dom...