Battered Child Syndrome Simulating Congenital Glaucoma

1 May 1976

journal article
case report
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)

Vol. 94 (5) , 839-840
https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1976.03910030417013

Abstract

• A 9-week-old child with "congenital glaucoma" was later found to have, in addition to enlarged corneas and elevated intraocular pressure, subluxated and cataractous lenses, hyphema, iridodialysis, angle recession, and vitreous hemorrhage, along with signs of gross parental neglect and physical abuse. To our knowledge, this is the first report in which a battered child with bilateral "congenital glaucoma" (probably caused by trauma) is described.

Keywords

CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA
BATTERED CHILD
IRIDODIALYSIS
CORNEAS
SIGNS
ENLARGED

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Published by Springer Nature ,2012
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Archives of Ophthalmology (1950), 1964