DR. JEMINI SHRIGOVIND PANDYA

DR. SHREYA SHAH, DR. MEHUL SHAH, DR. ASHWINI KORANNE

Abstract

BACKGROUND:OI IS A GENETIC DISORDER THAT MAINLY AFFECT BONES. MULTIPLE FRACTURES WITH TRIVIAL TRAUMA ARE COMMON WHICH MAY OCCUR EVEN BEFORE BIRTH. MILDER CASES HAVE A FEW FRACTURES OVER LIFETIME.TYPES I AND IV ARE THE MOST COMMON FORMS OF OI. OPHTHALMIC MANIFESTATIONS REPORTED ARE BLUE SCLERA, DECREASED CORNEAL TRANSPARENCY AND CORNEAL THICKNESS, STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN SCLERA AND CORNEA.

METHOD- A 21-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PRESENTED WITH COMPLAINTS OF DIMINISHED VISION AND REDNESS IN BOTH EYES. ON GENERAL EXAMINATION PATIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA. LOOKING AT THE LITERATURE, WE DID NOT FIND MANY REPORTS PRESENTING WITH CATARACT AND UVEITIS. SURVIVORS OF THIS DISEASE LOSE VISION BECAUSE OF CORNEAL PATHOLOGY.

CONCLUSION-WHEN TREATED WITH UTMOST CARE A PATIENT WITH OI WITH CLEAR CORNEA HAS GOOD PROGNOSIS