Anterior segment dysgenesis (Peters' anomaly) in two snow leopard (Panthera uncia) cubs. 2013

Hassan Hamoudi, and Jens-Christian Rudnick, and Jan U Prause, and Kerstin Tauscher, and Angele Breithaupt, and Jens P Teifke, and Steffen Heegaard
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark.

Two sibling snow leopards, a male and a female, with bilateral anterior segment dysgenesis (ASD), are reported. Both snow leopards also had colobomas of both upper eyelids. All eyes exhibited a central corneal opacity associated with a defect in posterior corneal stroma, endothelium and Descemet's membrane. Iris strands were present attached to the termination of Descemet's membrane and to the periphery of the posterior corneal defect. The iris was hypoplastic, and cataract was present in all four eyes. The left eye of the female was microphthalmic, with no trabecular meshwork and with persistent remnant of the hyaloid artery. The male had hydrocephalus and thus some of the features of Peters' plus syndrome (Peters' anomaly in addition to systemic malformations). The histological findings in the eyes of these snow leopard siblings are identical with those described in humans with Peters' anomaly.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D005123 Eye The organ of sight constituting a pair of globular organs made up of a three-layered roughly spherical structure specialized for receiving and responding to light. Eyes
D005124 Eye Abnormalities Congenital absence of or defects in structures of the eye; may also be hereditary. Abnormalities, Eye,Abnormality, Eye,Eye Abnormality
D005260 Female Females
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000836 Animals, Zoo Animal population groups or individual animals that reside in captivity at a zoological park. Animal, Zoo,Zoo Animal,Zoo Animals
D045989 Felidae The cat family in the order CARNIVORA comprised of muscular, deep-chested terrestrial carnivores with a highly predatory lifestyle. Leopardus pardalis,Neofelis nebulosa,Ocelots,Leopards, Clouded,Clouded Leopard,Clouded Leopards,Leopard, Clouded,Ocelot

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