The medical records of 56 patients with aniridia (31 female, 25 male, mean age 33 years, range 2–74 years) were retrospectively evaluated for optic nerve and foveal hypoplasia. The difference in ...

We present a case where marked mucous plaque keratitis developed in a patient with aniridia keratopathy following a corneal graft. Mucous plaques are not a known feature of aniridia keratopathy.

Bernadette suffers from a very rare eye condition called Aniridia. It means that the iris of the eye is completely missing. The condition effects about 1 in 90,000 people, yet amazingly ...

2.1 Acquired aniridia means the iris is either missing or incomplete as a result of trauma, surgery or laser treatment. 2.2 People with aniridia may be very light sensitive (photophobic) and report ...

Congenital aniridia is a progressive disease that is associated with improper development of eye structures as well as abnormalities in the brain and pancreas. A variety of nonsense mutations in ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first artificial iris for use in adults and children with congenital aniridia or iris defects due to other reasons or conditions ...

A note issued by the USFDA describes 'congenital aniridia' as "a rare genetic disorder in which the iris is completely or partially absent. It affects approximately 1 in 50,000 to 100,000 people ...

VIENNA —In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS meeting, Matteo Forlini, MD, speaks about a new method to simultaneously correct aniridia and aphakia in post-traumatic cases. The Reper ...

Review was made of the medical charts of all patients with Wilms's tumor (nephroblastoma, embryoma of the kidney) currently listed in the diagnostic files of six hospitals and diagnosed between ...

British scientists offer a ray of hope to persons suffering from aniridia - a rare defect of being born with no iris. Around 1,000 people in the UK alone, suffer from this rare genetic disorder ...