[An unusual polymalformation syndrome: "CHARGE association" with unilateral "morning glory syndrome"]

Ophtalmologie. 1989 Jun-Aug;3(3):196-8.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Report of a case of the "CHARGE association" including bilateral papillary coloboma, with an aspect of "morning glory syndrome" on one side. Clinical features of the "CHARGE association" are described; pathogenesis is likely involving cells of neural crests. Discussion, in this field, of the ocular and systemic abnormalities associated with "morning glory syndrome".

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / embryology
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / genetics
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / pathology*
  • Adult
  • Choanal Atresia / embryology
  • Choanal Atresia / genetics
  • Choanal Atresia / pathology*
  • Coloboma / embryology
  • Coloboma / genetics
  • Coloboma / pathology*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / embryology
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / genetics
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Optic Disk / abnormalities*