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Glaucoma, Secondary Congenital: Multimedia

Author: Inci Irak-Dersu, MD, Assistant Professor, Director of Glaucoma Service, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas College of Medicine, Jones Eye Institute
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Updated: Feb 15, 2008

Multimedia

Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome with iris atrophy, corec...Media file 1: Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome with iris atrophy, corectopia, and pseudopolycoria.
Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome with iris atrophy, corec...

Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome with iris atrophy, corectopia, and pseudopolycoria.

Female patient with plexiform neurofibroma (NF-1)...Media file 2: Female patient with plexiform neurofibroma (NF-1). Upper right eyelid involvement, associated with ipsilateral buphthalmos. In Image A (left), patient is aged 8 months; in Image B (right), patient is aged 8 years.
Female patient with plexiform neurofibroma (NF-1)...

Female patient with plexiform neurofibroma (NF-1). Upper right eyelid involvement, associated with ipsilateral buphthalmos. In Image A (left), patient is aged 8 months; in Image B (right), patient is aged 8 years.

Female infant with Sturge-Weber syndrome. Facial...Media file 3: Female infant with Sturge-Weber syndrome. Facial port-wine nevus involves the left eyelid, associated with ipsilateral buphthalmos.
Female infant with Sturge-Weber syndrome. Facial...

Female infant with Sturge-Weber syndrome. Facial port-wine nevus involves the left eyelid, associated with ipsilateral buphthalmos.

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Further Reading

Keywords

secondary congenital glaucoma, developmental glaucoma, open angle, closed angle, vision loss, visual deficit, congenital ocular anomalies, congenital ocular abnormalities, systemic anomalies

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Inci Irak-Dersu, MD, Assistant Professor, Director of Glaucoma Service, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas College of Medicine, Jones Eye Institute
Inci Irak-Dersu, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Glaucoma Society, and Arkansas Medical Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Andrew I Rabinowitz, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Ophthalmology, Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center
Andrew I Rabinowitz, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Aerospace Medical Association, American Academy of Ophthalmology, and American Medical Association
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Pharmacy Editor

Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine
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Managing Editor

Martin B Wax, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School; Vice President, Ophthalmology Research and Development, Head, Ophthalmology Discovery Research, Alcon Labs, Inc
Martin B Wax, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Glaucoma Society, and Society for Neuroscience
Disclosure: Alcon Labs Salary Employment

CME Editor

Lance L Brown, OD, MD, Ophthalmologist, Affiliated With Freeman Hospital and St John's Hospital, Regional Eye Center, Joplin, Missouri
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chief Editor

Hampton Roy Sr, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Hampton Roy Sr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Surgeons, and Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology
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