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2014 Month : May Volume : 3 Issue : 21 Page : 5945-5949CASE REPORT: AXENFELD-RIEGER SYNDROME
Tasneem A. F1, Vittal Nayak I2, Shwetha B. A3, Ali Akbar Jafarian Lari4
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Dr. Shwetha B. A,
#5/6, 32nd Cross,
Next to Water Tank,
K. S. Layout, Bangalore – 76.
E-mail: bashwetha@yahoo.co.in
ABSTRACT: Reporting a family in which a father and his 3 sons were diagnosed as Axenfeld- Rieger anomaly. Slit lamp evaluation showed bilateral megalocornea, posterior embryotoxon, corectopia. All had grade 2-3 RAPD, raised intraocular pressure with increased cup/disc ratio and tubular vision. On gonioscopy angles were open with peripheral iris strands. OCT revealed thinned out retinal nerve fiber layer. No other systemic manifestations were noticed.
Thus reporting a family of Axenfeld-Rieger anomaly.
KEYWORDS: Axenfeld-Rieger Anomaly, Megalocornea, Corectopia, Glaucoma, RAPD, Posterior embryotoxon.