University of Iowa Health Care

Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

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Q1: What are 3 important clinical findings in this photo?

  • Corectopia (displacement of pupil), polycoria (multiple holes in the iris), and posterior embryotoxon (white ring-like opacity in the peripheral cornea)

Q2: What is the likely diagnosis?

  • Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome

Q3: What other ocular and systemic findings might be present?

  • Ocular: glaucoma. Systemic: redundant periumbilical skin, maxillary hypoplasia, teeth anomalies.  

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Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome

last updated: 9/18/2013
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