Bilateral megalocornea with unilateral lens subluxation

Saatci A. O., Soylev M., Kavukcu S., Durak I., Saatci I., Memisoglu B.

OPHTHALMIC GENETICS, vol.18, no.1, pp.35-38, 1997 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 18 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 1997
  • Doi Number: 10.3109/13816819709057881
  • Journal Name: OPHTHALMIC GENETICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.35-38
  • Keywords: congenital glaucoma, lens subluxation, megalocornea, ECTOPIA LENTIS
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Megalocornea refers to an enlarged cornea that measures 13 mm or more in horizontal diameter in the absence of raised intraocular pressure. We describe a five-month-old boy with bilateral megalocornea with unilateral lens subluxation. No other ophthalmological abnormality was present. In all previously reported cases with megalocornea and ectopia lentis, the lens was cataractous and the dislocation was in the inferior and posterior direction. In contrast, our case had a clear lens which was displaced superonasally.