Case report: Unilateral optic nerve aplasia and developmental hemi-chiasmal dysplasia with VEP misrouting
| Autor: | Sri Gore, Sian E. Handley, Dorothy A. Thompson, Oliver R. Marmoy, Kshitij Mankad |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities genetic structures Optic chiasm Microphthalmia Hemi-chiasm Physiology (medical) Ophthalmology Anophthalmos Chiasm Optic Nerve Diseases medicine Electroretinography Humans Clinical Case Report Misrouting business.industry Visual evoked potential Unilateral Microphthalmos Infant Optic nerve aplasia Optic Nerve medicine.disease Sensory Systems eye diseases Microcornea medicine.anatomical_structure Dysplasia Optic Chiasm Optic nerve Evoked Potentials Visual Microphthalmos sense organs business |
| Zdroj: | Documenta Ophthalmologica. Advances in Ophthalmology |
| ISSN: | 1573-2622 0012-4486 |
| Popis: | Purpose To describe the trans-occipital asymmetries of pattern and flash visual evoked potentials (VEPs), in an infant with MRI findings of unilateral optic nerve aplasia and hemi-chiasm dysplasia. Methods A child with suspected left cystic microphthalmia, left microcornea, left unilateral optic nerve aplasia, and hemi-chiasm underwent a multi-channel VEP assessment with pattern reversal, pattern onset, and flash stimulation at the age of 16 weeks. Results There was no VEP evidence of any post-retinal visual pathway activation from left eye with optic nerve aplasia. The VEP trans-occipital distribution from the functional right eye was skewed markedly across the midline, in keeping with significant misrouting of optic nerve fibres at the chiasm. This was supported by the anatomical trajectory of the optic chiasm and tracts seen on MRI. Conclusion This infant has chiasmal misrouting in association with unilateral optic nerve aplasia and unilateral microphthalmos. Chiasmal misrouting has not been found in patients with microphthalmos or anophthalmos, but has been reported after early eye loss in animal models. Our findings contribute to our understanding of the discrepancy between the visual pathway physiology of human unilateral microphthalmia and animal models. |
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