Morning glory syndrome associated with vascular anomaly-hypoplasia of the left common carotid artery

Abstract

Morning glory disc anomaly is a rare condition of the optic disc coloboma characterized by an enlarged, excavated, funnel shaped disc with an elevated rim, resembling a morning glory flower. Morning glory syndrome consists of morning glory disc anomaly with Basal encephaloceles, with other midline anomalies such as hypertelorism, broad nasal root, cleft lip, and cleft palate and short stature due to hypopituitarism. Morning glory syndrome is very rarely described to be associated with the vascular anomalies. We report a case of morning glory syndrome associated with the hypoplasia of the left common carotid artery throughout its course, which is rarely described in the literature.

Keywords

Morning glory disc - morning glory syndrome - basal encephalocele