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    Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004 Mar;20(2):166-8.

    Heritable unilateral clinical anophthalmia.

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    Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA.

    Abstract

    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.

    PMID:
    15083088
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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