Low Vision Assessment and Management of a Congenital Aniridia and Associated Cataract

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200523.052How to use a DOI?

Keywords

aniridia, low vision, cataract

Abstract

The case discusses the low vision assessment and management given appropriate for the 18-year-old male student with congenital aniridia and associated cataract and high myopia. Congenital aniridia is a rare, usually bilateral, panocular condition that mainly affects the iris and other ocular structures, leading to secondary conditions like keratopathy, cataract, lens subluxation, glaucoma, and foveal or optic nerve hypoplasia. Due to the abnormal development in the primary structures involving the visual function, individuals with aniridia become visually impaired. As no treatment exists for aniridia, management was directed on the associated condition/s and symptoms present to improve the patient’s quality of life.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mariah Joan F. Chiong
AU  - Ian Emmanuel T. Gasolasco
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/06/08
TI  - Low Vision Assessment and Management of a Congenital Aniridia and Associated Cataract
BT  - The proceedings of the 2nd Bakti Tunas Husada-Health Science International Conference (BTH-HSIC 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 215
EP  - 218
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200523.052
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200523.052
ID  - Chiong2020
ER  -