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2010 Series : November 23, 2010
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To see views enlarged, click on the individual pictures...
| A six-year-old girl is presented in the clinic with what the family describes as "holes" in the colored part of the eye (iris). You look at the child initially with a light and notice these iris defects as shown in the picture above. You note that the cornea looks clear and of normal size. |
| 1. |
What diagnosis would you consider with only this information? |
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| a. |
Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome |
| b. |
Peters anomaly |
| c. |
primary congenital glaucoma |
| d. |
Munson triad |
| e. |
none of the above |
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| 2. |
What other signs would you look for? |
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| a. |
increased intraocular pressure |
| b. |
prominent Schwalbe’s line |
| c. |
notched teeth |
| d. |
maxillary hypolpasia |
| e. |
all of the above |
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| 3. |
What would you be most interested in following this patient for in the longer term? |
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| a. |
renal failure |
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gigantism |
| c. |
glaucoma |
| d. |
dental caries |
| e. |
breathing difficulties |
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For answers to the above, click here on or after November 30, 2010.
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