Buphthalmos in a six month premature infant
| Autor: | David Wexler, Abraham L. Kornzweig |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Hydrophthalmos
medicine.medical_specialty Congenital glaucoma genetic structures business.industry Deep anterior chamber Infant Newborn Infant medicine.disease Infantile glaucoma eye diseases Surgery Ophthalmology Left eye Buphthalmos medicine.anatomical_structure Cornea medicine Humans sense organs Iris (anatomy) business Infant Premature |
| Zdroj: | Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1929). 37(3) |
| Popis: | INFANTILE glaucoma, or buphthalmos, has been discovered occasionally in newborn infants at term.1The present case is of special interest because it affords an opportunity to study congenital glaucoma in microscopic section at an earlier stage than has hitherto been possible. On section, it was found to belong to the small group of cases of buphthalmos characterized by absence of Schlemm's canal, complete anterior iris synechias and very shallow or no anterior chamber. These anatomic features were striking in comparison with the deep anterior chamber and hydrophthalmos more commonly found in cases of congenital glaucoma. REPORT OF A CASE History. —The circumstances in which the globes of the 6 month premature infant were obtained were interesting. During the spontaneous birth of the infant the cornea of the right eye ruptured. On examination two hours later, the left eye was observed to be stony hard and the cornea milky white |
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