Anophthalmia

Case contributed by Vivek Pai , 20 Jan 2014
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Bruno Di Muzio, 23 Sep 2017

Updates to Case Attributes

Title was changed:
True anophthalmiaAnophthalmia
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Causes:

  • Idiopathicidiopathic/sporadic

  • Inheritedinherited as dominant, recessive, or sex linked-linked

  • Chromosomechromosome deletion in band 14q22-23 with associated polydactyly,as well as a deletion in 7 p15.1-21.1 associated with cryptophthalmos/anophthamos/anophthalmos

  • Trisomytrisomy 13-15

  • Geneticgenetic deletions involving SOX2,SIX6, and STRA6, with many new microdeletions being reported, including within PAX6, RAX, and SMOC1.

  • Maternalmaternal infections during pregnancy (ie, rubella, toxoplasmosis)

  • Oftenoften associated with syndromes with craniofacial malformation (Goldenhar syndrome, Hallermann-Streiff syndrome)

  • -<p>Causes</p><ul>
  • -<li><p>Idiopathic/sporadic</p></li>
  • -<li><p>Inherited as dominant, recessive, or sex linked</p></li>
  • -<li><p>Chromosome deletion in band 14q22-23 with associated polydactyly,<sup></sup>as well as a deletion in 7 p15.1-21.1 associated with cryptophthalmos/anophthamos</p></li>
  • -<li><p>Trisomy 13-15</p></li>
  • -<li><p>Genetic deletions involving <em>SOX2,</em><em>SIX6</em>, and <em>STRA6,</em> with many new microdeletions being reported, including within <em>PAX6</em>, <em>RAX</em>, and <em>SMOC1</em>.</p></li>
  • -<li><p>Maternal infections during pregnancy (ie, rubella, toxoplasmosis)</p></li>
  • -<li><p>Often associated with syndromes with craniofacial malformation (<em><sup> </sup></em> Goldenhar syndrome, Hallermann-Streiff syndrome)</p></li>
  • +<p>Causes:</p><ul>
  • +<li><p>idiopathic/sporadic</p></li>
  • +<li><p>inherited as dominant, recessive, or sex-linked</p></li>
  • +<li><p>chromosome deletion in band 14q22-23 with associated polydactyly, as well as a deletion in 7 p15.1-21.1 associated with cryptophthalmos/anophthalmos</p></li>
  • +<li><p>trisomy 13-15</p></li>
  • +<li><p>genetic deletions involving <em>SOX2,</em><em>SIX6</em>, and <em>STRA6,</em> with many new microdeletions being reported, including within <em>PAX6</em>, <em>RAX</em>, and <em>SMOC1</em>.</p></li>
  • +<li><p>maternal infections during pregnancy (ie, rubella, toxoplasmosis)</p></li>
  • +<li><p>often associated with syndromes with craniofacial malformation (<a title="Goldenhar syndrome" href="/articles/goldenhar-syndrome">Goldenhar syndrome</a>, Hallermann-Streiff syndrome)</p></li>

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Antenatal ultrasound

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