Congenital fixed dilated pupils due to ACTA2- multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome

J Neuroophthalmol. 2014 Jun;34(2):137-43. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000090.

Abstract

Congenital fixed dilated pupils (congenital mydriasis) is characterized by hypoplasia or aplasia of the iris muscles, with absence of iris between the collarette and pupillary border, creating a scalloped pupillary margin. This condition has been reported in a multisystemic smooth muscle cell dysfunction syndrome, combined with congenital patent ductus arteriosus, cerebrovascular disease (Moya-moya-like), coronary artery disease, thoracic aorta aneurysm, and dysfunction of smooth muscle cells in organs throughout the body. All affected individuals carry a p.R179H heterozygous mutation in the ACTA2 gene. We add to the ophthalmologic involvement with 3 more patients. Congenital fixed dilated pupils is a rare condition and should alert ophthalmologists to the possibility of the coexistence of systemic life-threatening disorders.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Actins / genetics*
  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Muscle, Smooth / pathology*
  • Muscular Diseases / complications
  • Muscular Diseases / genetics
  • Muscular Diseases / pathology*
  • Pupil Disorders / complications
  • Pupil Disorders / genetics*
  • Pupil Disorders / pathology*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • ACTA2 protein, human
  • Actins