Since the day we took Miles home, Jeff and I noticed Miles' iris on his left eye looked different. The best way of explaining it is it looks like part of the iris strings into his pupil. Jeff and I brought it up to his pediatrician and she referred him to a pediatric ophthalmologist. Miles' pediatrician, as well as, his Auntie Melissa MD didn't really have an idea of what the mark in his eye was. This was a little concerning to Jeff and I (no one wants to be the medical mystery!). I have pretty much read everything on the internet about iris deformities; however, there isn't much information out there. All of the pictures online are really extreme cases so it was hard to compare Miles' eye to them. Yesterday, we finally had the pediatric eye doctor appointment and had our questions answered. Miles has something called a Partial Persistent Pupillary Membrane. When babies eyes are forming during pregnancy, they have a lot of these membranes and as the eye continues to form, the membranes usually dissolve. Miles has a membrane that didn't dissolve. The membrane is connected to his iris and his lens. The great news is it should never effect his vision! The nurses at the clinic thought it was pretty cool looking. Now that we know everything is fine, we think it's cool too!!
Here are the best photos I could get of his eye. It is hard to get a 3 month old to hold still for the picture. Also, it is hard to not have any glares in his eyes. The membrane is located around the 3 o'clock position and strings towards the center of the pupil.
I found your blog by searching for persistent pupillary membrane. Your experience sounds exactly like mine - noticing something in his eye when he was a month or two old, finding nothing on the internet, and having doctors who had no clue about it. We just had our ophthalmology appointment today (after 2 months of waiting!) and the ophthalmologist said just what yours did. Now that I have a search term to use, I've found a little more information, but not a lot. But I'm comforted by hearing someone else got the exact same information I did!
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ReplyDeleteI too came across your blog while "googling" PPM. I'm so happy to know that my little one's eye is not the only one with a "cloud" floating in it. I'll be following your blog, but please feel free to link to mine too. www.herlittlebaby.com
My 2 m. old has the same in one of his eyes. it looks like somebody bit the "black circle" from BOTH sides. and it is impossible to get a picture of it. his doc checks his eyes every visit, he did not notice anything wrong with it
ReplyDeleteMy son also has this. Good to know that it is nothing serious.
ReplyDeleteMy 4 month old got diagnosed with PPM today by an opthamologist. It is very similar to your son, hers is just alost at 12 o'clock! Now that we know that it's nothing detrimental to her health or vision we are just looking at it as a cool birthmark! Thanks for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteI think my son has this also we don't have an appointment until December 4th. On his right eye has a very small strand like at 12 o'clock and on his left eye he has a Thicker strand going from like 1 o'clock to 4oclock. There's hardly any information about this online. My fear is that he will get cataracts like I have read with some children. I'm praying that all goes well and it doesn't affect his vision, has 2months old.
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