Griepentrog Gregory J, Lucarelli Mark J
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA.
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004 Mar;20(2):166-8. doi: 10.1097/01.iop.0000117343.59101.aa.
We examined a newborn child with unilateral right-sided clinical anophthalmos born to a mother with unilateral left-sided anophthalmos. Although rare, isolated nonsyndromic heritable unilateral anophthalmia and microphthalmia have been reported in the literature. We briefly review the genetics of such anomalies and discuss the importance of a full clinical genetics evaluation. Treatment of this patient's anophthalmic socket consists of progressive conformer expansion to be followed by placement of a self-inflating polymer expander.
