Correlation Between Clinical Examination and Diagnostic Imaging in Type II Peters Anomaly

A full-term 7-week-old infant presented to a pediatric ophthalmologist for evaluation of a congenital corneal opacity of the left eye. The pregnancy and delivery were uneventful and the infant was otherwise healthy. On clinical ophthalmic examination, visual acuity was grimace to light in both eyes. Examination under anesthesia revealed a central leukoma (Figure 1A) with a corneolenticular adhesion of the affected eye (Figure 1B), which correlated with high-resolution ultrasound imaging (Figure 1C). Gonioscopy showed an anteriorly coned lens with adhesion to the central cornea. The

Source: Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - November 21, 2017 Category: Opthalmology Authors: David S. Walton, MD Source Type: research