Weill-Marchesani syndrome

Weill-Marchesani syndrome (WMS) is a rare condition characterized by short stature, brachydactyly, joint stiffness, and characteristic eye abnormalities including microspherophakia, ectopia of the lens, severe myopia, and glaucoma.

Keratoconus

A cone-shaped deformity of the cornea characterized by the presence of corneal distortion secondary to thinning of the apex.


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PMID (PMCID)
16427698
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Angle closure in highly myopic eyes.
Barkana Y, Shihadeh W, Oliveira C, Tello C, Liebmann JM, Ritch R.
Ophthalmology. 2006;113(2):247-54.
Angle-closure diagnoses included primary pupillary block (9 patients), pupillary block in an eye with keratoconus (1 patient), pupillary block secondary to a pupillary membrane associated with retinopathy of prematurity (1 patient), plateau iris configuration and syndrome (3 patients), phacomorphic glaucoma in Weill-Marchesani syndrome (2 patients), malignant glaucoma secondary to a scleral buckle (2 patients), miotic-induced angle closure (1 patient), and Marfan syndrome (1 patient).