title: Bilateral congenital anophthalmos and agenesis of the optic pathways.
abstract: This report presents a rare example of a bilateral congenital anophthalmos and an agenesis of the optic pathways. The MR imaging studies revealed that the eyeballs, optic nerves, optic chiasm, optic tracts and optic radiation were absent. The chromosomal examination was normal. Mild mental retardation was also observed. Apart from the rarity of the anophthalmos and the total absence of the optic pathways, no etiologic reason for this pathology could be detected, which makes this case more significant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Yenişehir Kampüsü, 33169 Mersin, Turkey. maktekin@mersin.edu.tr
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aktekin
authors.forename: Ozay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oz
authors.forename: Muaffak Refik
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Saygili
authors.forename: Zeliha
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kurtoğlu
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D000853:Anophthalmos / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000002:abnormalities; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology