A rare case of unilateral anterior megalophthalmos with developmental glaucoma: Sequelae of megalocornea or a separate entity?
Megalocornea and megalophthalmos are bilateral developmental anomaly of the anterior segment of the eye. Either of these conditions has a high risk of developing glaucoma. We report the rare case in a 9-year-old child with simple megalocornea in one eye and megalophthalmos in other eye. He has incre...
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doaj-cf125585044f450ab92ff972da05ff5d2020-11-25T03:09:14ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research2320-38972020-01-0182727410.4103/jcor.jcor_53_19A rare case of unilateral anterior megalophthalmos with developmental glaucoma: Sequelae of megalocornea or a separate entity?Amit MohanAmit KumarPradhnya SenChintan ShahAlok SenElesh JainMegalocornea and megalophthalmos are bilateral developmental anomaly of the anterior segment of the eye. Either of these conditions has a high risk of developing glaucoma. We report the rare case in a 9-year-old child with simple megalocornea in one eye and megalophthalmos in other eye. He has increased corneal diameter in both the eyes and iris stromal hypotrophy exposing the radial vessels, raised intraocular pressure (IOP), and optic nerve head cupping in the left eye (LE). LE trabeculectomy with Ologen was performed. Postoperative IOP was well controlled at 1-year follow-up with favorable bleb morphology.http://www.jcor.in/article.asp?issn=2320-3897;year=2020;volume=8;issue=2;spage=72;epage=74;aulast=Mohan |
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Amit Mohan Amit Kumar Pradhnya Sen Chintan Shah Alok Sen Elesh Jain A rare case of unilateral anterior megalophthalmos with developmental glaucoma: Sequelae of megalocornea or a separate entity? Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research |
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Amit Mohan Amit Kumar Pradhnya Sen Chintan Shah Alok Sen Elesh Jain |
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A rare case of unilateral anterior megalophthalmos with developmental glaucoma: Sequelae of megalocornea or a separate entity? |
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A rare case of unilateral anterior megalophthalmos with developmental glaucoma: Sequelae of megalocornea or a separate entity? |
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A rare case of unilateral anterior megalophthalmos with developmental glaucoma: Sequelae of megalocornea or a separate entity? |
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A rare case of unilateral anterior megalophthalmos with developmental glaucoma: Sequelae of megalocornea or a separate entity? |
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A rare case of unilateral anterior megalophthalmos with developmental glaucoma: Sequelae of megalocornea or a separate entity? |
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rare case of unilateral anterior megalophthalmos with developmental glaucoma: sequelae of megalocornea or a separate entity? |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
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Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research |
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2020-01-01 |
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Megalocornea and megalophthalmos are bilateral developmental anomaly of the anterior segment of the eye. Either of these conditions has a high risk of developing glaucoma. We report the rare case in a 9-year-old child with simple megalocornea in one eye and megalophthalmos in other eye. He has increased corneal diameter in both the eyes and iris stromal hypotrophy exposing the radial vessels, raised intraocular pressure (IOP), and optic nerve head cupping in the left eye (LE). LE trabeculectomy with Ologen was performed. Postoperative IOP was well controlled at 1-year follow-up with favorable bleb morphology. |
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