Progressive hemifacial atrophy with ciliary body atrophy and ocular hypotony.
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2015-01
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Progressive hemifacial atrophy (PHA) is a disease of unknown
etiology affecting one‑half of the face. Ocular involvement is
uncommon. Atrophy of iris is rare, with only a few cases of
partial atrophy being reported in the literature. We report a case
of total atrophy of iris and ciliary body with associated ocular
hypotony in a 16‑year‑old girl with PHA. We believe this is the
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10.4103/0301-4738.151474
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first reported case of complete atrophy of iris and ciliary body
in PHA. Ocular hypotony in PHA was thought to be due to
intra‑ocular inflammation. However in our case it appears to be
secondary to severe atrophy of the ciliary body.
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Ciliary body atrophy, iris atrophy, ocular hypotony, progressive hemifacial atrophy
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T Ashwini, Prakash V S, Puthalath Suresh, P L Bhandari. Progressive hemifacial atrophy with ciliary body atrophy and ocular hypotony. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2015 Jan; 63(1): 61-63.