Primary megalocornea: Case report

Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed). 2020 Apr;95(4):201-204. doi: 10.1016/j.oftal.2019.12.016. Epub 2020 Feb 11.
[Article in English, Spanish]

Abstract

The neonate has a horizontal diameter of the cornea, usually up to 10mm with growth up to 2mm in the first 2 years of life. We report a case of megalocornea, a rare, recessive, X-linked disorder in a 3-month-old child, seeking to review what the medical literature brings information about the condition, as well as diagnostic and follow-up parameters, of its main differential diagnoses.

Keywords: Congenital glaucoma; Enfermedades genéticas ligadas al cromosoma X; Glaucoma congénito; Malformaciones del sistema nervioso; Megalocornea; Megalocórnea; Nervous system malformation; X-linked genetic diseases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cornea / anatomy & histology
  • Eye Diseases, Hereditary* / diagnosis
  • Eye Diseases, Hereditary* / etiology
  • Eye Diseases, Hereditary* / therapy
  • Genetic Diseases, X-Linked* / diagnosis
  • Genetic Diseases, X-Linked* / etiology
  • Genetic Diseases, X-Linked* / therapy
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male

Supplementary concepts

  • Megalocornea