Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 41-42, February 2010

Keratoconus associated with the Pierre Robin Sequence

  • Ming-Lee Lin

      Affiliations

    • Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Vishal Jhanji

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Eye Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong
    • Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Eye Hospital, 147K Argyle Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel.: +852 27623180; fax: +852 27159490.
    • ,
  • Rasik B. Vajpayee

      Affiliations

    • Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Australia

published online 28 September 2009.

Abstract 

A 30-year-old female with known Pierre Robin sequence presented to the emergency department of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, with acute unilateral hydrops as her first presentation of bilateral keratoconus. Initial management consisted of eye patching, hypertonic saline and cycloplegia. However, the long-term prognosis for visual rehabilitation remained poor in this patient because of the presence of a central corneal opacity and inability to comply with contact lenses. She was not an appropriate candidate for keratoplasty due to severe mental retardation. This report highlights an association of keratoconus in patients with the Pierre Robin sequence.

Keywords: Keratoconus, Pierre Robin sequence, Corneal hydrops

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PII: S1367-0484(09)00126-X

doi:10.1016/j.clae.2009.09.003

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 41-42, February 2010

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