Dr.Nirlipta Dash

Prof.Sumita Mohapatra, Dr.Anita Misra, Dr.Sandipana Senapati

Abstract

Morning Glory Syndrome is a congenital optic disc pathology, first described in 1970 by Kindler, because of it’s resemblance to Morning Glory Flower. It is a funnel shaped staphylomatous excavation of the optic nerve and peripapillary retina. It is more common in females and usually unilateral. Chorioretinal pigmentation surrounds the excavation and white glial tissue is present on the central optic nerve head surface. The prevalence is estimated to be 2.6 per 1,00,000 population. It is usually diagnosed in early childhood due to decreased visual acuity.
This is a case report of a 23 year old male who presented with complain of decreased vision in right eye, since childhood, which was non- progressive, now incidentally diagnosed as having Morning Glory Syndrome. The Visual Acuity was 6/36 in the right eye and 6/6 in the left eye without any strabismus or nystagmus.