In the UK the child was born with a rare anomaly, also known as cat’s eye syndrome or coloboma. In addition to her newborn girl was discovered another serious eye disease microphthalmia.
Little thing called Lilian Molnar for five days after birth did not open her eyes. The examination showed that the girl was blind since suffering from two very rare eye diseases – microphthalmia and colobomas.
“When I said she was blind, I fainted. Our daughter, apparently, the youngest in the UK who have been diagnosed to have two such rare disease,” – said in an interview with reporters, the girl’s mother.
Coloboma inherent to the baby, making eye cat. In this disease changed the shape of the iris from the traditional round to narrow. Other disease girls, microphthalmia, makes one or both eyes are abnormally small. That Lilien there are problems in the system of the organs of vision, the doctors began to speak after studies with her mother at 34 weeks of pregnancy. But as far as these problems are serious, became clear only after the birth Lilian.
The girl’s parents desperately hope that during the life of their daughters will be possible to transplant eyes that yet in medicine not practice. It is known that the company Nickells being developed in the area of this type of transplant.
“Lilian like to play with toys that emit light. She smiles all the time, and it warms our hearts,” said the parents of the crumbs, who was born with cat eyes.
Earlier Magicforum wrote that scientists have discovered a new disease – combined immunodeficiency.