Peculiar combination of buphthalmos and phthisis

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In EnglishCase of May 2016.
One may think at a first glance, that the only eye which is abnormal is the left one, with obvious phthisis. However, the right one is also not ok. It is a buphthalmic big cornea. The boy had congenital glaucoma treated before.

in Russian / по-русскиСлучай от мая 2016 года.

На снимке патологичны оба глаза. Один субербольшой, другой – супермаленький. Соответственно врождённая глаукома справа и фтизис слева. Пропорции огромной правой роговицы можно оценить сравнив диаметр роговицы с размером глазной щели.

Right eye: big eye and cornea due to congenital glaucoma. Left eye: very small due to phthisis. Peculiar combination of super-big and super-small eye in one person.

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