Open AccessNanophthalmos and situs inversus totalis
Author(s) -
Alparslan Şahin,
Refik Oltulu,
Ali Sami Kıvrak,
Ahmet Özkağnıcı
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.98718
Subject(s) - situs inversus , medicine , sclera , anatomy , iris (biosensor) , dextrocardia , ophthalmology , surgery , computer security , computer science , biometrics
Nanophthalmos is characterized by short axial length, high hypermetropia, thick sclera and a normal-sized crystalline lens. Situs inversus totalis is the mirror image of the normal morphology of the thoracic and abdominal viscera. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of a nanophthalmic patient with situs inversus totalis. Therefore, we would like to invite the attention of our colleagues to our case and underline the importance of the systemic examination of the nanophthalmic patients to detect systemic malformations and visceral transpositions.