[Aicardi syndrome and acquired retinal detachment].
BACKGROUND
The Aicardi syndrome is a complex of congenital anomalies consisting of agenesis of the corpus callosum, infantile spasms and pathognomonic chorioretinal lacunar lesions. An acquired detachment of the retina was reported only in one patient.


METHODS
We report about a nine-month-old girl with Aicardi syndrome. She presented the typical signs of this syndrome and an acquired detachment in both eyes.


RESULTS
We performed a translimbal vitrectomy with silicon-oil instillation on the right eye.


CONCLUSIONS
On the basis of histological findings reported in the literature we suggest a combined pathogenesis of the ablatio retinae in our patient with Aicardi syndrome: traction and foramina.
Kleiner
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Klinik und Poliklinik für Augenheilkunde, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.
Clemens
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D014821:Vitrectomy