A case of unilateral microphthalmos with orbital cyst is presented. This rare and severe malformation is a non-hereditary disorder. Pathologically it represents a failure in the closure of the embryonic fissure at the 7-14 mm stage of gestation. Staining for neurofilaments permitted the identification of rudimentary optic nerve fibers within the gliomatous cyst wall. Special stains for glial fi...

P osterior microphthalmos (PM) is a rare developmental defect in which affected eyes display vitreous chamber foreshortening, normal or nearly normal anterior chamber depth, and papillomacular retinal folds. While membrane-type frizzled-related protein gene (MFRP [RefSeq NM_031433]) mutations have been reported to cause severe hyperopia that resembles PM, the resulting phenotype is better chara...

ALTHOUGH a very rare condition, a case of congenital eversion of the upper eyelids has recently been ieported from America by Ostriker and Lasky (1954) and Hopen (1955). I have not been able to find any case report in the British literature over the last 20 years. Mann (1937) mentions that congenital entropion and ectropion of the lids are extremely rare. DukeElder (1952) mentions that the lid ...

OBJECTIVES To report a case of prenatally diagnosed fetal cataract and conduct a systematic review of previously reported cases. METHODS Review of the literature based mainly on Pubmed search using specific keywords in order to list cataract causes diagnosed prenatally and in early childhood, isolated or associated with microphthalmia. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION A differential diagnosis list an...

The simultaneous ipsilateral presence of an epibulbar choristoma and microphthalmia has rarely been reported. We present two such cases, one of which is associated with bone formation, and we consider a possible pathogenetic mechanism.

1866 to July, 1867.-Surgeon-General Sir 'William Guyer Hunter, M.D., F.R.C.S.E. July, 1867 to January, 1872.-Major J. H. Sylvester, M.R.C.S., F.G.C. January 28, 1872 to May 31, 1895.-Brigade Surgeon Lt.-Col. George Archibald Maconachie, M.D., C.M. (Aber.). June 1, 1895 to April 19, 1907.-Lt.-Col. H. Herbert, I.M.S. April 20, 1907 to February 28, 1914.-Lt.-Col. P. P. IKilkelly, M.B., I.M.S. Marc...