Aniridia

Last Updated on Monday, 27 July 2009 09:12 Written by Barbara Roque, MD

Aniridia aka absence of an iris

However, this is somewhat a misnomer because there is always some amount of iris tissue present.  This condition commonly presents with other ocular problems that involve the other parts of the eye such as cataract, lens subluxation, glaucoma, optic nerve hypoplasia, and foveal hypoplasia.  The latter two results in poor vision.