479-482 Erdol:Shoja

Microphthalmos is an ocular abnormality of the eye in which all tissues are significantly smaller than normal. It is subdivided into two categories as simple and complex microphthalmos. The complex type is associated with several ocular abnormalities (1). Posterior microphthalmos is another subtype of microphthalmos which is characterized by normal or near normal anterior segment dimensions, yet with abnormal dimension in the posterior segment (2). Several reports have been published on posterior microphthalmos. The most frequent abnormalities reported for posterior microphthalmos are papillomacular folds (3), retinoschisis, retinal dialysis (4), avascular area on the peripheral retina (5), uveal effusion syndrome, pigmentary retinopathy, and crowded optic disc (6). To our knowledge, no study reporting ultrasonic European Journal of Ophthalmology / Vol. 18 no. 3, 2008 / pp. 479-482