Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to H Gajová.
The authors present an account on the unusual finding of enlarged optic discs in a nine-year-old boy. The clinical finding is consistent with bilateral megalopapilla with preserved intact central and peripheral vision. The authors draw attention to possible mistakes and errors which may be associated with this uncommon clinical finding.
Hallgren syndrome is a hereditary disease with autosomal recessive inheritance. Its exact genetic background has not been elucidated so far. From the clinical aspect is comprises association of retinitis pigmentosa, atrophy of the optic nerve, nystagmus and congenital hearing damage combined with neurological and psychiatric symptoms. The authors describe two siblings with the clinical picture of this syndrome. It is a finding not published so far in the Czech literature.