Aplasia of the optic chiasm and tracts with unifocal polymicrogyria in an otherwise healthy infant

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 187-189

  Waheed, Khalid ^a,b   Jan, Wajanat ^a   Calver, David M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROGYRIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC CHIASM APLASIA; OPTIC TRACT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; MICROPHTHALMIA; OPTIC NERVE; RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROPHTHALMOS; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0036590967     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0191-3913-20020501-15     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Williams RW, Hogen D, Garraghary PE. Target recognition and visual maps in the thalamus of achiasmatic dogs. Nature. 1994;367:637-639.
2. Scott IU, Warman R, Altman N. Bilateral aplasia of the optic nerves, chiasm and tracts in an otherwise healthy infant. Am J Ophthalmol. 1997;124(3):409-410.
3. Thompson DA, Kriss A, Russel-Eggitt I, Taylor DSI. Visual evoked potential evidence of chiasmal hypoplasia. Ophthalmology. 1999;106:2354-2361.
4. Yanoff M, Rorke LB, Allman MI. Bilateral optic system aplasia with relatively normal eyes. Arch Ophthalmol. 1978;96:97-101.
5. Alvarez-Bolado G, Schwarz M, Gruss P. Pax-2 in chiasm. Cell Tissue Res. 1997;290:197-200.
6. Kruger K, Tam AS, Lu C, Stretavan DW. Retinal ganglion cell axon progression from the optic chiasm to initiate optic tract development requires cell autonomous function of GAP-43. J Neuroscience. 1998;18(15):5692-5705.