PURPOSE To review the intracranial and facial imaging features in children with congenital anophthalmos. METHODS We retrospectively studied eight children with anophthalmos with respect to intraorbital, intracranial, and craniofacial anomalies (six had CT examinations, including the face, orbits, and brain, and four had MR imaging, including the orbits and brain). RESULTS Three patients had...

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...

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...

AIMS To study the management of the orbital cysts present in a group of patients with anophthalmos and microphthalmos. METHODS A retrospective study of 34 patients (40 orbits) treated for orbital cyst associated with microphthalmos and anophthalmos. RESULTS The two largest treatment groups comprised 17 orbits (42.5%) where the cyst was removed surgically and 17 orbits (42.5%) where the cyst...