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Corneal Dystrophy, Band-Shaped

Clinical Characteristics
Ocular Features: 

Symptoms of ocular irritation with tearing, conjunctival injection and decreased vision can be present at birth but more often is evident later in the first decade of life.  The band is located in the cornea in the palpebral fissure area in a horizontal pattern.  Apparently no other lesions are present in the eye.    

Systemic Features: 

None reported.

Genetics

Only three families with familial, isolated band keratopathy have been reported.  These were described in the mid-twentieth century and it is possible that they had underlying ocular and corneal disease.  In one family 3 of 9 children, the product of a first-cousin mating, were affected consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance.  In two of these the keratopathy was first noted during puberty while it was present at birth in the third child.

 In another family the band keratopathy was seen in a brother and sister at 11 and 16 years old.

In the third family a father and son were affected.

Pedigree: 
Autosomal dominant
Autosomal recessive
Treatment
Treatment Options: 

Topically applied EDTA solutions are sometimes effective in removing lesions consisting of calcium deposits but this has not been reported to be effective in the hereditary form of band keratopathy. 

References
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Hereditary Mucoepithelial Dysplasia

Clinical Characteristics
Ocular Features: 

Impaired epithelial cohesion is the fundamental defect in this disorder.  Photophobia may be present in infants and this is soon evident as secondary to keratitis with eventual formation of a pannus and corneal neovascularization.  Vision is impaired early and as the disease progresses, many patients by early adulthood are severely impaired.  Cataracts are present in the majority of individuals, often present as early as the second decade of life.  Eyelashes and eyebrows may be sparse.  Nystagmus has been reported in some patients.

Systemic Features: 

This is a panepithelial disease of impaired cohesion due, at least in part, to a reduced number of desmosomes and defective gap junctions.  Oral, nasal, vaginal, cervical, perineal, urethral, and bladder mucosa, in addition to external ocular surfaces, are involved.  With exception of the ocular involvement, the lesions are usually not painful, but may be during acute flare-ups.  Demarcated erythematous patches are often seen in the oral mucosa.  Non-scarring alopecia, keratosis pilaris, and perineal intertrigo are usually present.  Histological examination of oral mucosa and skin shows dyskeratotic features, decreased number of desmosomes, and intracytoplasmic vacuoles.

Genetics

Pedigrees suggest autosomal dominant inheritance but few families have been reported.  The location of the responsible mutation, if any, has not been found. 

Somewhat similar genodermatoses are KID syndrome (148210), an autosomal dominant disorder with neurosensory hearing loss and sometimes mental and physical delays secondary to mutations in GJB2, and IFAP (308205), an X-linked condition with mental and physical delays and severe organ deformities.  Cataracts are not features of KID or IFAP syndromes.

Pedigree: 
Autosomal dominant
Treatment
Treatment Options: 

No effective treatment has been found.

References
Article Title: 

Glaucoma, Congenital Primary D

Clinical Characteristics
Ocular Features: 

Evidence of glaucoma can appear in early childhood but may appear much later.  However, typical signs such as enlarged corneas or frank buphthalmos, cloudiness of the corneas, tearing and photophobia are present only when the pressure is elevated due to pupillary block or when the lens migrates into the anterior chamber.  Most patients have additional signs such as ectopia lentis and spherophakia.

Systemic Features: 

Some patients have osteopenia, a high arched palate, and a marfanoid habitus.

Genetics

This form of congenital glaucoma has been described primarily in Middle Eastern and Asian as well as Roma/Gypsy families and is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern.  The mutations occur in the LTBP2 gene (14q24) which is in close proximity to GLC3C, another putative gene with mutations causing congenital glaucoma. 

Mutations in other genes are also associated with primary congenital glaucoma such as in CYP1B1 causing type A (231300) and in GLC3B causing type B (600975).

THIS IS NOT A PRIMARY GLAUCOMA DISORDER.  Microspherophakia and ectopia lentis are not features of primary congenital glaucoma.  Elevated pressures in these patients are found only when there is a pupillary block or when the lens dislocates into the anterior chamber.  The enlarged cornea is clear and has no breaks in the Descemet membrane.  THIS CONDITION IS THEREFORE RECLASSIFIED AS "MEGALOCORNEA, ECTOPIA LENTIS, AND SPHEROPHAKIA".     

Pedigree: 
Autosomal recessive
Treatment
Treatment Options: 

The usual surgical and pharmacological treatments for glaucoma apply but vision preservation is a challenge.  The spherophakic or dislocated lenses may need to be removed.

References
Article Title: 

LTBP2 and CYP1B1 mutations and associated ocular phenotypes in the Roma/Gypsy founder population

Azmanov DN, Dimitrova S, Florez L, Cherninkova S, Draganov D, Morar B, Saat R, Juan M, Arostegui JI, Ganguly S, Soodyall H, Chakrabarti S, Padh H, L??pez-Nevot MA, Chernodrinska V, Anguelov B, Majumder P, Angelova L, Kaneva R, Mackey DA, Tournev I, Kalaydjieva L. LTBP2 and CYP1B1 mutations and associated ocular phenotypes in the Roma/Gypsy founder population. Eur J Hum Genet. 2011 Mar;19(3):326-33.

PubMed ID: 
21081970

Null mutations in LTBP2 cause primary congenital glaucoma

Ali M, McKibbin M, Booth A, Parry DA, Jain P, Riazuddin SA, Hejtmancik JF, Khan SN, Firasat S, Shires M, Gilmour DF, Towns K, Murphy AL, Azmanov D, Tournev I, Cherninkova S, Jafri H, Raashid Y, Toomes C, Craig J, Mackey DA, Kalaydjieva L, Riazuddin S, Inglehearn CF. Null mutations in LTBP2 cause primary congenital glaucoma. Am J Hum Genet. 2009 May;84(5):664-71.

PubMed ID: 
19361779
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