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Anterior segment of eye aplasia

MedGen UID:
377856
Concept ID:
C1853234
Finding
HPO: HP:0007779

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  • CROGVAnterior segment of eye aplasia

Conditions with this feature

Congenital primary aphakia
MedGen UID:
339935
Concept ID:
C1853230
Congenital Abnormality
Anterior segment dysgeneses are a heterogeneous group of developmental disorders affecting the anterior segment of the eye, including the cornea, iris, lens, trabecular meshwork, and Schlemm canal. The clinical features of ASGD include iris hypoplasia, an enlarged or reduced corneal diameter, corneal vascularization and opacity, posterior embryotoxon, corectopia, polycoria, an abnormal iridocorneal angle, ectopia lentis, and anterior synechiae between the iris and posterior corneal surface (summary by Cheong et al., 2016). Anterior segment dysgenesis is sometimes divided into subtypes, including aniridia (see 106210), Axenfeld and Rieger anomalies, iridogoniodysgenesis, Peters anomaly, and posterior embryotoxon (Gould and John, 2002). Some patients with ASGD2 have been reported with a congenital primary aphakia subtype. Congenital primary aphakia is a rare developmental disorder characterized by absence of the lens, the development of which is normally induced during the fourth to fifth week of human embryogenesis. This original failure leads, in turn, to complete aplasia of the anterior segment of the eye, which is the diagnostic histologic criterion for CPAK. In contrast, in secondary aphakia, lens induction occurs and the lens vesicle develops to some degree, but is progressively resorbed perinatally, resulting in less severe ocular defects (summary by Valleix et al., 2006).

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PubMed

Yu X, Chen W, Xu W
J Cataract Refract Surg 2020 Dec;46(12):1674-1679. doi: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000000334. PMID: 32694307
Periman LM, Perez VL, Saban DR, Lin MC, Neri P
J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 2020 Apr;36(3):137-146. Epub 2020 Mar 12 doi: 10.1089/jop.2019.0060. PMID: 32175799Free PMC Article
Stefan C, Iliescu DA, Batras M, Timaru CM, De Simone A
Rom J Ophthalmol 2015 Jan-Mar;59(1):14-8. PMID: 27373109Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

He S, Wu Z
Ophthalmic Res 2022;65(5):481-492. Epub 2022 Apr 11 doi: 10.1159/000523878. PMID: 35405677
Agarwal R, Nagpal R, Todi V, Sharma N
Surv Ophthalmol 2021 Jan-Feb;66(1):2-19. Epub 2020 Oct 13 doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2020.10.004. PMID: 33058926
Seifi M, Walter MA
Clin Genet 2018 Jun;93(6):1123-1130. Epub 2018 Jan 25 doi: 10.1111/cge.13148. PMID: 28972279
de Paula Freitas B, Ventura CV, Maia M, Belfort R Jr
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2017 Nov;28(6):595-599. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000420. PMID: 28795959
Meuwissen ME, Halley DJ, Smit LS, Lequin MH, Cobben JM, de Coo R, van Harssel J, Sallevelt S, Woldringh G, van der Knaap MS, de Vries LS, Mancini GM
Genet Med 2015 Nov;17(11):843-53. Epub 2015 Feb 26 doi: 10.1038/gim.2014.210. PMID: 25719457

Diagnosis

Reis LM, Maheshwari M, Capasso J, Atilla H, Dudakova L, Thompson S, Zitano L, Lay-Son G, Lowry RB, Black J, Lee J, Shue A, Kremlikova Pourova R, Vaneckova M, Skalicka P, Jedlickova J, Trkova M, Williams B, Richard G, Bachman K, Seeley AH, Costakos D, Glaser TM, Levin AV, Liskova P, Murray JC, Semina EV
J Med Genet 2023 Apr;60(4):368-379. Epub 2022 Jul 26 doi: 10.1136/jmg-2022-108646. PMID: 35882526Free PMC Article
Kylat RI
Acta Paediatr 2022 May;111(5):948-951. Epub 2022 Jan 31 doi: 10.1111/apa.16260. PMID: 35044009
Bouffard MA
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2019 Oct;25(5):1194-1214. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000000771. PMID: 31584534
Seifi M, Walter MA
Clin Genet 2018 Jun;93(6):1123-1130. Epub 2018 Jan 25 doi: 10.1111/cge.13148. PMID: 28972279
Meuwissen ME, Halley DJ, Smit LS, Lequin MH, Cobben JM, de Coo R, van Harssel J, Sallevelt S, Woldringh G, van der Knaap MS, de Vries LS, Mancini GM
Genet Med 2015 Nov;17(11):843-53. Epub 2015 Feb 26 doi: 10.1038/gim.2014.210. PMID: 25719457

Therapy

Alghamdi A, Khan MS, Dakhil TA
Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol 2022 Jul-Sep;29(3):147-155. Epub 2023 May 25 doi: 10.4103/meajo.meajo_207_22. PMID: 37408717Free PMC Article
Venkataraman P, Haripriya A, Mohan N, Rajendran A
Indian J Ophthalmol 2022 Jul;70(7):2262-2271. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2888_21. PMID: 35791105Free PMC Article
Yeung A, Dwarakanathan S
Dis Mon 2021 May;67(5):101135. Epub 2021 Feb 4 doi: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2021.101135. PMID: 33551178
Periman LM, Perez VL, Saban DR, Lin MC, Neri P
J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 2020 Apr;36(3):137-146. Epub 2020 Mar 12 doi: 10.1089/jop.2019.0060. PMID: 32175799Free PMC Article
Sutu C, Fukuoka H, Afshari NA
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2016 Jan;27(1):24-30. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000227. PMID: 26569526

Prognosis

He S, Wu Z
Ophthalmic Res 2022;65(5):481-492. Epub 2022 Apr 11 doi: 10.1159/000523878. PMID: 35405677
Kylat RI
Acta Paediatr 2022 May;111(5):948-951. Epub 2022 Jan 31 doi: 10.1111/apa.16260. PMID: 35044009
Meuwissen ME, Halley DJ, Smit LS, Lequin MH, Cobben JM, de Coo R, van Harssel J, Sallevelt S, Woldringh G, van der Knaap MS, de Vries LS, Mancini GM
Genet Med 2015 Nov;17(11):843-53. Epub 2015 Feb 26 doi: 10.1038/gim.2014.210. PMID: 25719457
Demetrio R, Ruiz-Sancho D, Rolón N, del Campo A, Blanco C
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol 2015 Mar;90(3):142-3. Epub 2014 Nov 15 doi: 10.1016/j.oftal.2014.02.012. PMID: 25443185
Pagon RA
Surv Ophthalmol 1981 Jan-Feb;25(4):223-36. doi: 10.1016/0039-6257(81)90092-8. PMID: 6782689

Clinical prediction guides

Thomas MG, Papageorgiou E, Kuht HJ, Gottlob I
Br J Ophthalmol 2022 May;106(5):593-599. Epub 2020 Nov 4 doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-316348. PMID: 33148537
Gus PI, Donis KC, Marinho D, Martins TF, de Souza CFM, Carloto RB, Leivas G, Schwartz IVD
Ophthalmic Genet 2021 Feb;42(1):71-74. Epub 2020 Sep 17 doi: 10.1080/13816810.2020.1821384. PMID: 32940091
de Paula Freitas B, Ventura CV, Maia M, Belfort R Jr
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2017 Nov;28(6):595-599. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000420. PMID: 28795959
Meuwissen ME, Halley DJ, Smit LS, Lequin MH, Cobben JM, de Coo R, van Harssel J, Sallevelt S, Woldringh G, van der Knaap MS, de Vries LS, Mancini GM
Genet Med 2015 Nov;17(11):843-53. Epub 2015 Feb 26 doi: 10.1038/gim.2014.210. PMID: 25719457
Demetrio R, Ruiz-Sancho D, Rolón N, del Campo A, Blanco C
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol 2015 Mar;90(3):142-3. Epub 2014 Nov 15 doi: 10.1016/j.oftal.2014.02.012. PMID: 25443185

Recent systematic reviews

Chiang JCB, Tran V, Wolffsohn JS
Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 2023 Sep;43(5):1079-1091. Epub 2023 Jun 25 doi: 10.1111/opo.13186. PMID: 37357424
Li M, Liu S, Huang W, Zhang J
Aging (Albany NY) 2021 Jun 11;13(11):15674-15687. doi: 10.18632/aging.203147. PMID: 34118792Free PMC Article
Yu X, Chen W, Xu W
J Cataract Refract Surg 2020 Dec;46(12):1674-1679. doi: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000000334. PMID: 32694307
Stefan C, Iliescu DA, Batras M, Timaru CM, De Simone A
Rom J Ophthalmol 2015 Jan-Mar;59(1):14-8. PMID: 27373109Free PMC Article
Mataftsi A, Islam L, Kelberman D, Sowden JC, Nischal KK
Mol Vis 2011;17:1624-40. Epub 2011 Jun 17 PMID: 21738392Free PMC Article

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