• J AAPOS · Apr 2011

    Case Reports

    Unilateral congenital glaucoma in a child with optic nerve aplasia.

    • Michael S Floyd, Young H Kwon, Shaival Shah, Christy Benson, and Susannah Q Longmuir.
    • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Ophthalmology, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
    • J AAPOS. 2011 Apr 1; 15 (2): 200-2.

    AbstractUnilateral optic nerve aplasia is a rare, nonhereditary defect associated with anterior chamber malformations and other ocular malformations. We report the case of an 8½-week-old boy with unilateral optic nerve aplasia who was diagnosed with glaucoma on presentation with corneal edema and an intraocular pressure of 36 mm Hg. The cornea edema cleared after a trabeculotomy, and subsequent fundus examination revealed optic nerve aplasia that was confirmed with magnetic resonance imaging. Intraocular pressure remained well-controlled with 7½ months of follow-up. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of optic nerve aplasia associated with glaucoma at presentation.Copyright © 2011 American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.

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