Microphthalmia can be defined as a reduced size of the globe in the orbit. More than 50% of individuals with microphthalmia have extraocular findings, most commonly involving the limbs, musculoskeletal system and the craniofacial region with anomalies of the face, ear and neck.
Category
Congenital malformation
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
20 Developmental anomalies
Multiple developmental anomalies or syndromes
LD21 Syndromes with eye anomalies as a major feature
H02170 Microphthalmia, syndromic
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Cellular process
nt06523 Epigenetic regulation by Polycomb complexes
H02170 Microphthalmia, syndromic
Network
nt06523 Epigenetic regulation by Polycomb complexes
Ng D, Thakker N, Corcoran CM, Donnai D, Perveen R, Schneider A, Hadley DW, Tifft C, Zhang L, Wilkie AO, van der Smagt JJ, Gorlin RJ, Burgess SM, Bardwell VJ, Black GC, Biesecker LG
Title
Oculofaciocardiodental and Lenz microphthalmia syndromes result from distinct classes of mutations in BCOR.
Ragge NK, Brown AG, Poloschek CM, Lorenz B, Henderson RA, Clarke MP, Russell-Eggitt I, Fielder A, Gerrelli D, Martinez-Barbera JP, Ruddle P, Hurst J, Collin JR, Salt A, Cooper ST, Thompson PJ, Sisodiya SM, Williamson KA, Fitzpatrick DR, van Heyningen V, Hanson IM
Title
Heterozygous mutations of OTX2 cause severe ocular malformations.
Bakrania P, Efthymiou M, Klein JC, Salt A, Bunyan DJ, Wyatt A, Ponting CP, Martin A, Williams S, Lindley V, Gilmore J, Restori M, Robson AG, Neveu MM, Holder GE, Collin JR, Robinson DO, Farndon P, Johansen-Berg H, Gerrelli D, Ragge NK
Title
Mutations in BMP4 cause eye, brain, and digit developmental anomalies: overlap between the BMP4 and hedgehog signaling pathways.
Pasutto F, Sticht H, Hammersen G, Gillessen-Kaesbach G, Fitzpatrick DR, Nurnberg G, Brasch F, Schirmer-Zimmermann H, Tolmie JL, Chitayat D, Houge G, Fernandez-Martinez L, Keating S, Mortier G, Hennekam RC, von der Wense A, Slavotinek A, Meinecke P, Bitoun P, Becker C, Nurnberg P, Reis A, Rauch A
Title
Mutations in STRA6 cause a broad spectrum of malformations including anophthalmia, congenital heart defects, diaphragmatic hernia, alveolar capillary dysplasia, lung hypoplasia, and mental retardation.
Scott AF, Mohr DW, Kasch LM, Barton JA, Pittiglio R, Ingersoll R, Craig B, Marosy BA, Doheny KF, Bromley WC, Roderick TH, Chassaing N, Calvas P, Prabhu SS, Jabs EW
Title
Identification of an HMGB3 frameshift mutation in a family with an X-linked colobomatous microphthalmia syndrome using whole-genome and X-exome sequencing.
