Sectoral Heterochromia in eyes Posted: 12-28-07 20:15pm
Hi,
I just wanted to know something. I have
heterochromia, meaning that my eyes have
different colors. But I also have sectoral
heterochromia. One of my eyes is blue
interlaced with gray, so it's blue-gray.
My other eye is half blue but a darker
shade, and the other half is green.
What would you call this? What is the
proper medical way of describing this? I'd
really like to know.
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Lind102000
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Heterochromia Iridium Posted: 04-02-08 13:13pm
I'm just gonna take a guess...
It kinda sounds like Fuchs’
heterochromic iridocyclitis.
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FireDragonArmy
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That doesn't sound right Posted: 04-02-08 18:32pm
I looked that up. That's some sort of
infection to a person's eye. And yes, i
know it's mostly asymptomatic but really
this isn't some sort of infection that I
have. I just have weird looking eyes. One
blue gray eye and one half green half dark
blue eye.
Fuchs’ heterochromic iridocyclitis is an
inflammation of unknown causes. It causes
redness in the eye (only noticeable upon
close examination), some mild discomfort
(though often asymptomatic for years),
decreases vision or 'floaters' or
'shadows' in vision. It occurs suddenly
and is noticeable by a sudden change of
color in one or both eyes. It may flare up
occasionally and the discoloration may
disappear in between bouts. And finally
results in cataracts after many years. The
discoloration (which is brown or black)
usually encircles the iris, appears
several tiny spots or one large blotch of
discoloration.
This does NOT correlate with me. I have
had numerous eye exams, no inflammation.
No pain. My eyesight is not good but that
just runs in the family. I don't see any
weird things in my vision. I wear
corrective lenses. The difference in color
is neither black nor brown on either side
of my eye. Besides, my eyes have been like
this all my life. I do not believe i have
Fuchs’ heterochromic iridocyclitis.
Sorry but this isn't the answer I was
looking for. Thanks for the input though.
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maemae_06
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Sectoral heterochromia Posted: 06-02-08 23:29pm
It sounds like you have "partial
heterochromia", which is the same as
"sectoral heterochromia", which I also
have.
You can get more info about this at:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.
com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-1809.1966.tb005
24.x, which tells about a study done
of 7000+ Maryland schoolchildren that
found forty-seven cases of iris bicolor
(segmentary heterochromia).
When my eyes changed color as an infant
they became what they are to this day some
50+ years later: each eye is both brown
and blue, with my right eye being about
1/3 blue and my left eye being about 1/8
blue. The eye doctor told me I have a
further oddity. In the majority of cases
he says this pigment is scattered across
the back of the cornea (the outermost
layer of the eye), but in my case it is
scattered across the front of the lens
(behind the iris), including the area of
my pupil. This causes some hindrance to
the vision of my right eye, as though I'm
seeing everything through a screen door.
In my left eye, the pigment seems to be
scattered "normally", not affecting the
pupil. He questioned whether I'd ever had
an injury or infection, but no, for me,
partial sectoral heterochromia is a
hereditary thing. My paternal great uncle
had one blue eye and one brown eye. At
least 3 of my grandparents, both my
parents and all three siblings had/have
dark brown eyes.
