[Congenital cystic eye]

Report on 2 cases of congenital cystic eye. In the first case the unilateral defect was the only malformation, without any chromosomal aberration. The second patient presented with a congenital cystic eye, on the right and a severe microphthalmos of the left eye, as well as several other malformations. Genetic investigations revealed a gross defect of a chromosome 13 (13q- deletion syndrome; so-called Orbeli syndrome).