Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo 2014 Volume 142, Issue 3-4, Pages: 223-225
https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH1404223B
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Morning glory syndrome associated with primary open angle glaucoma: Case report
Božić Marija (Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade + Clinic for Eye Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade)
Hentova-Senćanić Paraskeva (Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade + Clinic for Eye Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade)
Marković Vujica (Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade + Clinic for Eye Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade)
Marjanović Ivan (Clinic for Eye Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade)
Introduction. Morning glory syndrome (MGS) is a rare congenital optic disc
anomaly, first reported in 1970. MGS is a nonprogressive and untreatable
condition, which usually occurs as an isolated ocular anomaly, and can be
associated with the increased incidence of nonrhegmatogenous retinal
detachment, and also with strabismus, afferent pupillary defect, visual field
defects, presence of hyaloids artery remnants, ciliary body cyst, congenital
cataract, lid hemangioma and preretinal gliosis. Case Outline. We report a
clinical case of MGS associated with primary open angle glaucoma. The use of
sophisticated diagnostic tools, such as retinal tomography and visual field
testing is limited if multiple eye conditions are present, since optic disc
does not have “usual” appearance that can be analyzed according to standard
statistical databases. Conclusion. In treating and follow up of glaucoma
cases associated with other diseases and conditions that affect the
appearance and function of the optic nerve head, sometimes the use of modern
technological methods is limited due to difficult interpretation of the
obtained results.
Keywords: glaucoma, morning glory, syndrome