Microphthalmos

Microphthalmos when the eye is smaller than usual. It may be associated with other abnormalities of the eye. The smaller the eye or the more severe the associated abnormalities of the eye, the worse the resulting visual impairment.

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Isolated microphthalmos with colobomas described here is due to an as yet unknown gene mutation on the X chromosome. Thus, males are affected because they inherit the mutant X chromosome from their unaffected carrier mothers.

Also called microphthalmos. Microphthalmia comes from the Greek micro-, small + the ophthalmos, eye = small eye.
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Genetics of Microphthalmos.
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Anophthalmos and microphthalmos, small eye syndrome.
Contents
1 What are anophthalmia and microphthalmia?
2 What causes anophthalmia and microphthalmia?
3 Can anophthalmia and microphthalmia be treated?

In most cases, the eye on the affected side or sides is also abnormally small (microphthalmos).

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A group of congenital defects resulting from maternal rubella during the first trimester of pregnancy and including microphthalmos, cataracts, deafness, mental retardation, patent ductus arteriosus, and pulmonary artery stenosis.

In some rare cases, individuals may have an abnormally small head (microcephaly), unusually small jawbones (micrognathia), small eyes (microphthalmos), and/or mental retardation.

See also: Ophthalmia, Anophthalmia, Symptom, Microphthalmia, Pregnancy