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Fibromuscular dysplasia of the arteries (FMD) is a segmental angiopathy which may produce obstruction of the carotid, cerebral, renal, mesenteric, coronary or iliac arteries. Except for lesions related to arterial hypertension, retinal manifestations have not yet been reported. This paper describes the case of a 10-year-old boy with progressive deafness, a history of an unexplained stroke and progressive occlusions of the retinal arterioles in the fundus periphery. This resulted in retinal neovascularization and recurrent retinal and vitreous hemorrhages. Despite repeated photo- and cryocoagulation the eyes progressed to a tractional retinal detachment which was successfully treated by vitrectomy and scleral buckling. The diagnosis of FMD was made on the basis of a histopathological examination of a temporal artery biopsy. The child also presented an asymptomatic but severe aneurysmal dilatation of the aorta and CT scan and MRI showed dilated cerebral arteries. The father of our patient had died at the age of 27 years either from myocardial infarction or rupture of a dissecting aortic aneurysm. He was highly myopic and had lost one eye from retinal detachment. The younger brother of our patient also presents aneurysmal dilatation of the aorta and tortuous cerebral vessels. Ocular examination is still normal. The findings in this family are compatible with an autosomal dominant inheritance with variable expression.
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- F M Meire
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Ghent, Belgium
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van Genderen MM, Bijveld MMC, Claassen YB, Florijn RJ, Pearring JN, Meire FM, McCall MA, Riemslag FCC, Gregg RG, Bergen AAB, Kamermans M. Mutations in TRPM1 are a common cause of complete congenital stationary night blindness. Am J Hum Genet 2009; 85:730-6. [PMID: 19896109 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2009] [Revised: 10/16/2009] [Accepted: 10/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of retinal disorders characterized by nonprogressive impaired night vision and variable decreased visual acuity. We report here that six out of eight female probands with autosomal-recessive complete CSNB (cCSNB) had mutations in TRPM1, a retinal transient receptor potential (TRP) cation channel gene. These data suggest that TRMP1 mutations are a major cause of autosomal-recessive CSNB in individuals of European ancestry. We localized TRPM1 in human retina to the ON bipolar cell dendrites in the outer plexifom layer. Our results suggest that in humans, TRPM1 is the channel gated by the mGluR6 (GRM6) signaling cascade, which results in the light-evoked response of ON bipolar cells. Finally, we showed that detailed electroretinography is an effective way to discriminate among patients with mutations in either TRPM1 or GRM6, another autosomal-recessive cCSNB disease gene. These results add to the growing importance of the diverse group of TRP channels in human disease and also provide new insights into retinal circuitry.
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BACKGROUND/AIMS To present the ophthalmological and electrophysiological characteristics of three darkly pigmented, female patients with misrouting and foveal hypoplasia. One of the patients had primary ciliary dyskinesia and situs inversus totalis (Kartagener syndrome). METHODS Fundus photographs were taken and the angles at which the main temporal arterial branches leave the optic nerve head (ONH) were analysed. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) was performed through the presumed foveal region. Pattern onset visually evoked potentials (VEPs) (check sizes 60', 40/400 ms) were recorded and the chiasmal coefficient was calculated to detect misrouting. RESULTS Fundus photography showed normally pigmented fundi with absence of the usual foveal hyperpigmentation, foveal avascular zone, and macular and foveal reflexes. On OCT no foveal pit was found. The VEP recordings showed the largest positive CI component over the right hemisphere for the left eye, and over the left hemisphere for the right eye, with the CI almost absent over the ipsilateral hemispheres. The differential derivations showed opposite polarity for the recordings of the two eyes. The chiasmal coefficients of all three patients were significantly indicative of misrouting (-0.99, -0.91, and -0.99, respectively). CONCLUSION Based on the investigations in these patients the authors propose the hypothesis that foveal hypoplasia and misrouting exist as a distinct entity, and do not comprise the exclusive hallmark of albinism. The findings suggest that misrouting may exert a retrograde influence on foveal development.
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- M M van Genderen
- Bartiméus Institute for the Visually Impaired, PO Box 1003, 3700 BA Zeist, Netherlands.
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Payne M, Yang Z, Katz BJ, Warner JEA, Weight CJ, Zhao Y, Pearson ED, Treft RL, Hillman T, Kennedy RJ, Meire FM, Zhang K. Dominant optic atrophy, sensorineural hearing loss, ptosis, and ophthalmoplegia: a syndrome caused by a missense mutation in OPA1. Am J Ophthalmol 2004; 138:749-55. [PMID: 15531309 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To describe the clinical features of and identify the disease-causing mutation in a large Utah family segregating a dominantly inherited syndrome of optic atrophy, sensorineural hearing loss, ptosis, and ophthalmoplegia. DESIGN Observational case series. METHODS Thirty individuals at risk for a syndrome of optic atrophy, sensorineural hearing loss, ptosis, and ophthalmoplegia in a single family underwent clinical examinations and venipuncture. Linkage analysis and mutation screening of the optic atrophy 1 gene (OPA1) were performed. RESULTS Eighteen individuals demonstrated characteristics of the syndrome. Genetic analysis identified a G-->A substitution at nucleotide position 1334 in exon 14 of OPA1 causing an arginine-to-histidine change (R445H) in all affected members of the family. This change segregated with the disease phenotype in the study family with a LOD score of 7.02 at theta; = 0 and was not found in 200 normal control subjects. Analysis of an unrelated Belgian family with a similar phenotype revealed the same R445H mutation segregating with the disease phenotype. CONCLUSIONS This study describes a mutation in OPA1 causing a unique syndrome of optic atrophy, sensorineural hearing loss, ptosis, and ophthalmoplegia. These results expand the spectrum of human disease associated with mutations of OPA1 and indicate that ophthalmologists caring for patients with optic atrophy should inquire about possible associated hearing loss. Although OPA1 is a nuclear gene, the gene product localizes to mitochondria, suggesting that mitochondrial dysfunction may be the final common pathway for many forms of syndromic and nonsyndromic optic atrophy, hearing loss, and external ophthalmoplegia.
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- Marielle Payne
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Van den Abeele K, Craen M, Schuil J, Meire FM. Ophthalmologic and systemic features of the Alström syndrome: report of 9 cases. Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol 2002:67-72. [PMID: 11702646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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The Alström syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by pigmentary retinopathy, diabetes mellitus, sensorineural deafness and obesity. A normal intelligence is often present. We report 9 patients.
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Meire FM, Lemmens K, Ens-Dokkum MH. Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome (TRMA) with cone-rod dystrophy. Ophthalmic Genet 2000; 21:243-50. [PMID: 11135496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia (TRMA) is an autosomal recessive disease in which the active thiamine uptake into cells is disturbed. The molecular basis underlying the disorder has been related to mutations in the gene SLC19A2 on chromosome 1q23.3 that encodes a functional thiamine transporter. The protein is predicted to have 12 transmembrane domains. TRMA is characterized by sensorineural deafness, diabetes mellitus, megaloblastic anemia, and cardiomyopathy. Optic nerve atrophy and retinal dystrophy have been reported in a small number of patients. We report a 15-year-old girl with TRMA and cone-rod dystrophy and confirm that retinal dystrophy may form part of the syndrome. Differential diagnosis of syndromes with deafness, diabetes mellitus, and optic nerve atrophy or retinal dystrophy are discussed. The authors suggest that ERG be performed in all patients with TRMA.
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- F M Meire
- Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Meire FM, Claerhout I, Kestelyn PH. Use of mitomycin C and r-tPA for the management of conjunctival membrane and cataracts in a child with conjunctivitis lignosa. Br J Ophthalmol 2000; 84:1204-5. [PMID: 11202915 PMCID: PMC1723281 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.10.1203b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Schuil J, van de Putte EM, Zwaan CM, Koole FD, Meire FM. Retinopathy following measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination in an immuno-incompetent girl. Int Ophthalmol 2000; 22:345-7. [PMID: 10937849 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006396906378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We describe a 4-year-old girl with subnormal visual acuity due to a bilateral retinopathy. The child had a history of encephalitis following MMR vaccination. Temporary retinopathy associated with measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination has been described. Recently an idiopathic CD4+ T lymphocytopenia in the child was diagnosed. This cellular immunodeficiency supports our hypothesis of measles retinopathy after vaccination of an immuno-deficient child.
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- J Schuil
- Bartiméus Institute of Visually Impaired Children, Zeist, The Netherlands
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Sohocki MM, Perrault I, Leroy BP, Payne AM, Dharmaraj S, Bhattacharya SS, Kaplan J, Maumenee IH, Koenekoop R, Meire FM, Birch DG, Heckenlively JR, Daiger SP. Prevalence of AIPL1 mutations in inherited retinal degenerative disease. Mol Genet Metab 2000; 70:142-50. [PMID: 10873396 DOI: 10.1006/mgme.2000.3001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is the most severe form of inherited retinal dystrophy and the most frequent cause of inherited blindness in children. LCA is usually inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion, although rare dominant cases have been reported. One form of LCA, LCA4, maps to chromosome 17p13 and is genetically distinct from other forms of LCA. We recently identified the gene associated with LCA4, AIPL1 (aryl-hydrocarbon interacting protein-like 1) and identified three mutations that were the cause of blindness in five families with LCA. In this study, AIPL1 was screened for mutations in 512 unrelated probands with a range of retinal degenerative diseases to determine if AIPL1 mutations cause other forms of inherited retinal degeneration and to determine the relative contribution of AIPL1 mutations to inherited retinal disorders in populations worldwide. We identified 11 LCA families whose retinal disorder is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous AIPL1 mutations. We also identified affected individuals in two apparently dominant families, diagnosed with juvenile retinitis pigmentosa or dominant cone-rod dystrophy, respectively, who are heterozygous for a 12-bp AIPL1 deletion. Our results suggest that AIPL1 mutations cause approximately 7% of LCA worldwide and may cause dominant retinopathy.
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- M M Sohocki
- Human Genetics Center, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, 77225-0334, USA
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PURPOSE To report the indocyanine green angiographic findings in patients with a fundus dystrophy characterized by subretinal deposits, macular atrophic or neovascular degeneration and peripheral chorioretinal atrophy which is most likely Sorsby's fundus dystrophy. METHODS A series of 11 clinically affected patients and 4 asymptomatic carriers, belonging to one autosomal dominant pedigree were examined with stereoscopic funduscopy, fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography. RESULTS Subretinal deposits were found in 20 eyes of 10 patients. These deposits stained slightly on indocyanine green angiography, causing a reticular pattern. Two eyes had a disciform lesion and 3 geographic atrophy in the macula. A peripheral disciform lesion was found in 1 eye. Indocyanine green angiography identified peripapillary choroidal neovascularization in 2 eyes. Peripheral chorioretinal atrophy was found in 8 eyes of 4 patients, associated with peripheral plaques that could only be identified by indocyanine green angiography in 6 eyes of 3 patients. CONCLUSION Indocyanine green angiography in Sorsby's fundus dystrophy may indicate the presence of homogeneously staining, well-demarcated peripheral areas of hyperfluorescence associated with chorioretinal atrophy. These plaques correspond in our opinion to choroidal neovascularization which is otherwise unsuspected.
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- B A Lafaut
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Gent, Belgium
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Jacobs K, Meire FM. Lenticonus. Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol 2000:65-70. [PMID: 11126676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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Lenticonus is a bulging of the lens capsule and the underlying cortex. The diagnosis of lenticonus is essentially a clinical diagnosis which is made by biomicroscopic examination. According to the localization of the conus a distinction is made between lenticonus anterior and lenticonus posterior. Whereas lenticonus anterior is part of the Alport syndrome, lenticonus posterior is not associated with systemic disease. A case report of each of both types is presented and the clinical presentation, the aetiology, the pathogenesis and the treatment are discussed.
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- K Jacobs
- Departement of Ophthalmology, Ghent University Hospital
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Lafaut BA, Meire FM, Leys AM, Dralands G, De Laey JJ. Vasoproliferative retinal tumors associated with peripheral chorioretinal scars in presumed congenital toxoplasmosis. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 1999; 237:1033-8. [PMID: 10654174 DOI: 10.1007/s004170050341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this retrospective clinical study was to demonstrate vascularization of peripheral hyperplastic chorioretinal scars in presumed congenital toxoplasmosis by choroidal vessels and secondly to report vasoproliferative tumors of the sensory retina seen in association with such lesions. METHODS Retrospective study of a cohort of 13 patients with peripheral hypertrophic chorioretinal scars, including fluorescein angiography (eight eyes) and indocyanine green angiography (seven eyes). Congenital toxoplasmosis was serologically confirmed in seven cases and suspected on clinical grounds in six cases. RESULTS Sixteen eyes exhibited a peripheral complex scar with a posterior atrophic and an anterior hypertrophic part. These scars were vascularized from the choroid. In eight of these eyes an additional vasoproliferative tumor was seen within or adjacent to the scar and in one fellow eye a vasoproliferative retinal tumor was found as well. These eyes experience visual loss, resulting from vitritis and exudative/traction retinal detachment. Regression of exudation was seen in five of seven cryocoagulated or endophotocoagulated tumors. CONCLUSION Peripheral hypertrophic scars in presumed congenital toxoplasmosis can be vascularized from the choroid. A vasoproliferative tumor of the sensory retina, secondary to presumed congenital toxoplasmosis scars, can cause vitritis and exudative/traction retinal detachment. Early coagulation of this lesion may prevent a poor outcome.
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- B A Lafaut
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Gent, Belgium
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This is the second report of Norrie disease in a female patient with a de-novo balanced translocation t(X,6) with breakpoint at the location of the Norrie gene. At the age of 3 months, a girl was referred for suspected congenital glaucoma. The right eye was microphthalmic and ultrasonography was compatible with persistent hyperplasia of the primary vitreous. The left eye was also microphthalmic. The left cornea was larger than the right. The anterior chamber was virtual and leukocoria was evident. The eye felt hard digitally. Ultrasonography indicated an organized retinal detachment. The pathologic findings are reported and are compatible with Norrie disease.
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- F M Meire
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Gent, Belgium
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A group of 229 patients with Leber's congenital amaurosis (ACL) was investigated for associated defects. We especially looked for the occurrence of mental retardation because the literature gives varying frequencies for this association. A percentage of 19.8% was found. This finding has consequences for genetic counseling. Special attention was given to how frequently sibling pairs occurred in which one patient was mentally retarded whereas the other functioned normally. We found 11 sibling pairs that were discordant with regard to their mental state. This observation proves that mental retardation could be one variable expression of ACL.
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- J Schuil
- Bartiméus Institute of Visually Impaired Children, Zeist, The Netherlands
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This is a report of seven new cases of microcephaly with chorioretinopathy. Three cases were sporadic and four were dominant: a father and son, and a father and daughter. Their ophthalmological, neurological, and systemic findings are discussed as are the genetics of the syndrome. Chorioretinopathy with characteristic punched-out lesions was observed in both entities. Body height emerges as a possible distinguishing feature between the dominant and recessive forms. In addition, locomotor disturbances are more frequently seen in patients with the recessive form.
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- M M van Genderen
- Bartiméus Institute for Visually Handicapped Children, Zeist, The Netherlands
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Meire FM, Van Coster R, Cochaux P, Obermaier-Kusser B, Candaele C, Martin JJ. Neurological disorders in members of families with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) caused by different mitochondrial mutations. Ophthalmic Genet 1995; 16:119-26. [PMID: 8556281 DOI: 10.3109/13816819509059971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Neurological abnormalities have been occasionally associated with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON). We describe four patients with spastic dystonia from two of our 35 LHON families. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed signal alterations of globus pallidus, putamen, internal capsula, and substantia nigra. Neuropathological findings in one of the patients with dystonia are described. Each of the dystonia families carries a different mtDNA mutation; one at np 3460 and one at np 11778. Periventricular multiple sclerosis-like white matter lesions were observed in one individual from a third family with the mtDNA 3460 mutation. Neurological disorders are probably underestimated in association with LHON.
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- F M Meire
- Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
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Biometric study in a series of 11 affected males provides characteristic findings. The patients present with a large cornea with short radius, very deep anterior chamber depth (AC depth) exceeding the normal mean value of plus 2 SD, and a short vitreous length. Calculation of the postlimbal depth, a method applied in this study to obtain information about positioning of the iris and the lens, reveals a posterior positioning of the iris and lens. The posterior positioning of the iris and lens was proved to occur at the expense of the vitreous. The importance of biometric data for diagnosis and for differential diagnosis in primary infantile glaucoma and other diseases with megalocornea is discussed.
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- F M Meire
- University Hospital Ghent, Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Belgium
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Meire FM, Bergen AA, De Rouck A, Leys M, Delleman JW. X linked progressive cone dystrophy. Localisation of the gene locus to Xp21-p11.1 by linkage analysis. Br J Ophthalmol 1994; 78:103-8. [PMID: 8123616 PMCID: PMC504710 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.78.2.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Six affected males, three female carriers, and two possible carriers were evaluated from a three generation pedigree with X linked progressive cone dystrophy. The affected males presented with progressive decrease of visual acuity, impairment of colour vision, and deterioration of electroretinogram, which ranged from absent response to red light in all young patients to abnormal cone-rod responses in the elderly ones. In most affected males dark adaptation curves were monophasic and the electro-oculogram values were reduced. While some obligate carriers showed functional anomalies, they all had reduced electroretinogram response to red light. The a1/aT ratio for 1 joule white light was an appropriate indicator for carrier state. The family was studied with seven DNA markers from the proximal part of the short arm of the human X chromosome. So far, significant linkage has been found between three DNA markers and COD1, which assigns the progressive cone dystrophy gene (COD1) in this family to Xp21-p11.1. Differential diagnosis with congenital cone dystrophies is discussed.
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- F M Meire
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- F M Meire
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ghent, Belgium
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Meire FM, Fryns JP. Lens dislocation and optic nerve hypoplasia in ring chromosome 21 mosaicism. Ann Genet 1994; 37:150-152. [PMID: 7847798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Data on the physical and cognitive development of patients with chromosomal aberrations are scarce. In this report the authors present data on the longterm evolution in a boy with 45, XY,-21/46, XY, r(21) mosaicism, from birth up to the age of 14 years. Ophthalmological examination revealed lens dislocation and optic nerve hypoplasia.
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- F M Meire
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
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A family with AD congenital miosis is presented. The ocular symptoms were: megalocornea, iris translucency, microcoria with poor pupillary dilatation and goniodysgenesis with anterior insertion of the iris. This observation confirms that in congenital miosis abnormal development of the whole anterior eye segment may occur. The patients have an increased risk to develop glaucoma. If retinoscopy is impossible due to pin-point pupils, ultrasonic biometry to determine the axial length is recommended. An optical iridectomy could improve visual performance at low illumination; the complaints of photophobia, which are related to the iris translucency, persist.
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- F M Meire
- University Clinic, Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Ghent, Belgium
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Meire FM, Van Egmond J, Hanssens M. Congenital Marfan syndrome with contractures. A clinicopathological report. Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol 1992; 245:91-7. [PMID: 1344755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/25/2023]
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Children with CMC present with blue sclerae, megalocornea, hypoplastic and translucent irides, miosis and high myopia. The lenses may be dislocated as in familial Marfan syndrome but they are often in place and microspherophakic. The clinical history of a boy with CMC is presented. Pathological examination of the eyes showed megalophthalmos with thinned sclera, anomalies of the chamber angle and iris, ill-developed ciliary body and choroid and a small in situ lens.
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- F M Meire
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Ghent
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Meire FM, Bleeker-Wagemakers EM, Oehler M, Gal A, Delleman JW. X-linked megalocornea. Ocular findings and linkage analysis. Ophthalmic Paediatr Genet 1991; 12:153-7. [PMID: 1754164 DOI: 10.3109/13816819109029398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A family with X-linked megalocornea (XMC) is presented. The most typical ocular features of the disease (cornea globosa, arcus lipoides, mosaic dystrophy of the cornea, pigment dispersion, and cataract) are described and their diagnostic value is discussed by reviewing the literature. Linkage data suggest that the XMC locus maps in the region Xq13-q25, most probably in Xq21-q22.
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- F M Meire
- University Clinic, Department of Ophthalmology, Ghent, Belgium
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Oehler M, Schwinger E, Meire FM, Szabo P, Gal A. A third allele of the PstI RFLP at DXS94. Hum Genet 1991; 87:241. [PMID: 2066118 DOI: 10.1007/bf00204195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- M Oehler
- Institut für Humangenetik, Universität, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany
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Meire FM, Delleman WJ, Bleeker-Wagemakers EM. Ocular manifestations of congenital Marfan syndrome with contractures (CMC syndrome). Ophthalmic Paediatr Genet 1991; 12:1-9. [PMID: 1881650 DOI: 10.3109/13816819109023078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The authors present the results of ocular examination of six children with congenital Marfan syndrome with contractures (CMC syndrome). The ocular and neuroradiological findings of the CMC syndrome are discussed with reference to the literature. The ocular findings are: blue sclerae, megalocorneas, hypoplastic irides with complete translucency, miosis, spherophakia with or without lens dislocation and severe myopia. This study demonstrates that ophthalmological examination of children with congenital contractures and arachnodactyly is very helpful for diagnosis of the CMC syndrome. The authors stressed that ophthalmologists should not only look for luxation of the lens in children who are suspected of having CMC syndrome. Spherophakia was common in the children and could easily be observed through the translucent irides. Biometric evaluation of the eyes is recommended. All of the cases in this paper and reported cases are sporadic. No conclusions have been reached in the literature on whether the CMC syndrome represents the severe expression of the classical Marfan syndrome or a distinct entity. Maybe the answer will remain difficult, until the specific molecular defects in the collagen diseases are discovered. This study demonstrates that ophthalmological examination of the children with congenital contractures and arachnodactyly is very helpful for the diagnosis of CMC syndrome.
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- F M Meire
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium
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