Brain MRI findings in infants with primary congenital glaucoma.
BACKGROUND
Congenital glaucoma appears in the first months of life, eventually at birth. Isolated congenital glaucoma is characterized by minor malformations of the irido-corneal angle of the anterior chamber of the eye. Clinical manifestations include tearing, photophobia and enlargement of the globe appearing in the first months of life. Imaging technology such as optical coherence tomography and measurement of central corneal thickness may play an important role in the assessment of children with suspected or known glaucoma. However, no MRI findings of the CNS in patients with primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) were reported in the literature. The purpose of this study was to investigate MRI findings of the brain in infants with PCG.


METHODS
We reviewed the radiological, histopathological and clinical characteristics of infants with primary congenital glaucoma. The records of 17 patients with PCG were reviewed and the MRIs of the brain and associated manifestations were analyzed.


RESULTS
Three patients with PCG had abnormal MRI findings suggesting agenesis of the corpus callosum. Two infants had delayed myelinization of the brain.


CONCLUSIONS
Significant abnormal optic nerve excavation and increased corneal diameters in 2 patients with delayed myelinization may suggest that intraocular pressure can be more striking and more severe, revealing a close relationship with PCG and abnormal myelinization in the white matter. Studies with more patients are needed to confirm these results.
Dai
Alper Ibrahým
AI
Department of Pediatric Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Gaziantep, Gaziantep-Turkey. alperdaimd@yahoo.com
Saygili
Oguzhan
O
D061085:Agenesis of Corpus Callosum; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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