Anterior segment dysgenesis (ASGD) is a range of developmental defects in structures at the front of the eye. These defects are thought to result from abnormal migration or differentiation of the neural-crest derived mesenchymal cells that give rise to the cornea, iris, and other components of the anterior chamber during eye development. Human ASGD phenotypes are genetically heterogeneous resulting from mutations in different transcription factor genes and a cytochrome enzyme gene. ASGD is sometimes divided into subtypes including aniridia, Axenfeld and Rieger anomalies, iridogoniodysgenesis, Peters anomaly, and posterior embryotoxon.
Category
Congenital malformation
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
20 Developmental anomalies
Structural developmental anomalies primarily affecting one body system
Structural developmental anomalies of the eye, eyelid or lacrimal apparatus
LA11 Structural developmental anomalies of the anterior segment of eye
H01159 Anterior segment dysgenesis