Bilateral iridocorneal endothelial syndrome in a young girl with Down's syndrome

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2009 Jan-Feb;57(1):61-3. doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.44493.

Abstract

We describe the occurrence of bilateral iridocorneal endothelial (ICE) syndrome with glaucoma in a young girl with Down's syndrome. A 16-year-old girl with Down's syndrome was found to have secondary glaucoma in the right eye with features of progressive iris atrophy in both eyes. She was uncontrolled on maximum tolerable medical therapy for glaucoma. She underwent an uneventful trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C in her right eye. Scanning electron microscopy of the trabecular meshwork obtained in this case is described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Atrophy
  • Corneal Diseases / complications*
  • Corneal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Down Syndrome / complications*
  • Endothelium, Corneal / pathology*
  • Female
  • Functional Laterality
  • Glaucoma / etiology*
  • Glaucoma / surgery
  • Gonioscopy
  • Humans
  • Intraocular Pressure
  • Iris / pathology
  • Iris Diseases / complications*
  • Iris Diseases / diagnosis
  • Karyotyping
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Syndrome
  • Trabecular Meshwork / surgery
  • Trabecular Meshwork / ultrastructure
  • Trabeculectomy