Table 1 Ocular and systemic alterations observed in the ten studied patients.

From: Deciphering the etiology of undiagnosed ocular anomalies along with systemic alterations in pediatric patients through whole exome sequencing

Patient

Age

Sex

Ophthalmological findings

Systemic manifestations

Additional studies

1

3d

M

OU: palpebral edema (HP:0100540), buphthalmos (HP:0000557), ecchymosis (HP:0031364), corneal opacity (HP:0007957), congenital glaucoma (HP:0008007), abnormality iris morphology (HP:0000525), retinal detachment (HP:0000541)

Disproportionate short stature (HP:0003498), hypotonia (HP:0001252), patent foramen ovale (HP:0001655)

Conventional karyotype: normal

Brain MRI: normal

2

13 y

M

OU: Deeply set eyes (HP:0000490), exotropia (HP:0000577)

Severe intellectual disability (HP:0010864), dolichocephaly (HP:0000268), triangular face (HP:0000325), prominent forehead (HP:0011220), tooth malposition (HP:0000692), pectus excavatum (HP:0000767), dolichostenomelia (HP:0001519), arachnodactyly (HP:0001166)

Conventional karyotype: 46,XY

Brain computed axial tomography: normal

3

2.5 y

M

OS: iris coloboma (HP:0000612)

Hypotonia, neurodevelopmental delay (HP:0012758), seizures (HP:0001250), microcephaly (HP:0000252), highly arched eyebrows (HP:0002553), medial cleft lip and palate (HP:0008501), bilateral cryptorchidism (HP:0008689)

Brain MRI: Dandy Walker disease, thinning of the corpus callosum

Conventional karyotype and aCGH tests: normal

4

2.1 y

M

OD: corneal opacity (HP:0007957), microphthalmia (HP:0000568)

OS: anophthalmia (HP:0000528)

Hypotonia, neurodevelopmental delay (HP:0012758), cupped ear (HP:0000378), low-set ears (HP:0000369), severe hearing impairment (HP:0012714), atresia of the external auditory canal (HP:0000413), conical tooth (HP:0000698), syndactyly (HP:0001159), small nail (HP:0001792)

Kidney USG: normal

Metabolic neonatal screening: normal

5

4m

F

OD: microphthalmia

OS: microcornea, iris coloboma, cataract (HP:0000518)

OU: optic nerve aplasia (HP:0008058), retinal detachment (HP:0000541)

Hypotonia, neurodevelopmental delay (HP:0012758)

Metabolic neonatal screening, kidney USG, and aCGH tests: normal. Brain MRI: abnormal

6

11y

F

Polymorphous posterior corneal dystrophy (HP:0007915)

No extraocular findings

AD (familial case with 1st and 2nd relative’s degree affected)

7

3y

M

Apparently congenital stromal corneal dystrophy

No extraocular findings

Sporadic

8

3y

M

OD: Maculopathy (HP:0011504)

Global developmental delay (HP:0001263), microcephaly (HP:0000252), seizures (HP:0001250), polysplenia (HP:0001748), cryptorchidism (HP:0000028)

Consanguinity

TORCH screen, conventional karyotype and aCGH tests: normal. Brain MRI: cebocephaly, absence of lateral ventricle floor, dilatation of cerebral ventricles, hypoplasia of the corpus callosum, encephalomalacia, calcifications of frontal, temporal, and occipital lobes

9

15 y

M

Congenital cataract (HP:0000519), Keratoconus (HP:0000563)

Intellectual disability (HP:0001249), pain insensitivity (HP:0007021)

Sibling with hypoplasia of the optic nerve

The patient´s mother had gestational diabetes

10

10y

M

OS: Anophthalmia (HP:0000528)

Single central incisor (HP:0006315), scoliosis (HP:0002650)

Spinal X-ray: vertebral malformations at T5 and T6 level

  1. aCGH: Microarray-based Comparative Genomic Hybridization; AD: autosomal dominant; d: days; F: female; M: male; m: months; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; OD: right eye; OS: left eye; OU: both eyes; TORCH: toxoplasmosis, others (syphilis, hepatitis B), rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex; USG: ultrasonography; y: years.