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Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Congenital aniridia

Congenital aniridias

Category(ies): Cornea, Inherited Eye Disease
Contributor: Jesse Vislisel, MD
Photographers: Brice Critser, CRA, Cindy Montague, CRA

Congenital aniridia is a hereditary disease most commonly with autosomal dominant inheritance. These slit lamp photographs of a 17-year-old with aniridia show corneal pannus, subepithelial haze, and iris hypoplasia. There is fluorescein uptake of the pannus due to leaky intracellular junctions. The patient also has small anterior polar cataracts. The macular OCT shows absence of the normal foveal depression, consistent with foveal hypoplasia

Slit lamp photographs - corneal pannus
Slit lamp photographs - corneal pannus
Slit lamp photographs - corneal pannus
Slit lamp photographs - corneal pannus
Slit lamp photographs -  subepithelial haze
Slit lamp photographs - subepithelial haze
Slit lamp photographs -  subepithelial haze
Slit lamp photographs - subepithelial haze
Slit lamp photographs -  iris hypoplasia
Slit lamp photographs - iris hypoplasia
Slit lamp photographs -  iris hypoplasia
Slit lamp photographs - iris hypoplasia
fluorescein uptake of the pannus due
There is fluorescein uptake of the pannus due to leaky intracellular junctions
fluorescein uptake of the pannus due
There is fluorescein uptake of the pannus due to leaky intracellular junctions
The patient had small anterior polar cataracts
The patient had small anterior polar cataracts
The patient had small anterior polar cataracts
The patient had small anterior polar cataracts
Macular OCT
Figure 2: Macular OCT revealed an absence of the normal foveal depression, consistent with foveal hypoplasia.