[Morning glory syndrome]

ABSTRACT

The morning glory syndrome is a rare congenital disc's anomaly usually unilateral and its aetiology is still unknown. We report a case of 7 years old child without pathological antecedents, who consulted about a loss of visual acuity, and of whom the ophthalmological examination concretes, at right high amblyopic [count finger], and a moderate amblyopic at left [VA= 5/10] with astigmatism 3,5 dp and a nystagmus. The exam shows a large disc with a funnel -shaped excavation, surrounded by a scleral peripapillary staphyloma out side limited by a hyper pigmented moll. The retinal blood vessels emerge from the excavation in a radial pattern. The general examination notes an intermittent asthma. We call bade the clinical aspect of this syndrome, the progress risks, and the significance of explorations to research the systemic associations