Postnatal Partial Spontaneous Correction of a Severe Congenital Anomaly of the Anterior Segment of an Eye

Abstract

On Aug. 7, 1953, a baby was admitted to the Eye Hospital for diagnosis and treatment. A presumptive diagnosis of buphthalmos had been made by an ophthalmologist, but the unusual aspect of the case led him to ask for further investigation at the University Eye Clinic. He had observed that both corneae were opaque. The right cornea showed a dark area in the center suggestive of a descemetocele. This eye was slightly larger than the left eye. It was impossible to see the iris or the pupil through the gray corneal tissue. In the left eye an atrophic iris could be detected, though with difficulty. The child had been born on July 8, thus Was 30 days old on the day of admission. The mother said she had always been in excellent health and that, while the delivery had been normal, the family physician had immediately told her that there