Cleft anterior segment with maternal hypervitaminosis A

K Evans; M U Hickey-Dwyer

doi:10.1136/bjo.75.11.691

Cleft anterior segment with maternal hypervitaminosis A

Br J Ophthalmol. 1991 Nov;75(11):691-2. doi: 10.1136/bjo.75.11.691.

Authors

K Evans¹, M U Hickey-Dwyer

Affiliation

¹ University of Liverpool, Children's Unit, Alder Hey Hospital, Ophthalmology Department, West Derby.

Abstract

We report a case of an 'hourglass' cornea and iris with reduplicated lens in the left eye of an infant girl. An excess of vitamin A products had been taken by the mother during pregnancy. Mechanisms by which vitamin A excess could have caused this are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Drug-Induced / etiology*
Abnormalities, Multiple / chemically induced*
Adult
Cornea / abnormalities*
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Iris / abnormalities*
Lens, Crystalline / abnormalities
Vitamin A / adverse effects*

Substances

Vitamin A