Abstract

ARMENGOL ORAMAS, Yaima; DE ARMAS HERNANDEZ, Naydí; ALEMAN SUAREZ, Ibet Olga  and  SUAREZ HERRERA, Vivian. Anomaly of Axenfeld-Rieger: presentation of a case. Rev. Med. Electrón. [online]. 2012, vol.34, n.4, pp.483-489. ISSN 1684-1824.

We made the clinical presentation of a female patient who assisted the ophthalmologic consultation to follow her by glaucoma and was diagnosed with an Axenfeld-Rieger anomaly for presenting, in a bilateral and asymmetric way. the alterations in the anterior segment of the eye that are typical of this rare ocular disease such as: a prominent Schwalbe ring displaced forward, irido-corneal adherences, and stromatic atrophy of the iris. This anomaly belongs to the group of the so called irido-corneal dysgenics that generally develops with a secondary ocular hypertension, being that the feature of its importance from the ophthalmologic point of view. The ocular tension of the patients has been kept under control with medical treatment.

Keywords : Axenfeld Rieger anomaly; glaucoma; irido-corneal dysgenics.

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