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Correct Answer: Buphthalmos
Description: Ans. (b) Buphthalmos.* Infantile glaucoma, which often produces the clinical sign of Buphthalmos, can be caused when an abnormally narrow angle between the cornea and iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor; this causes increased intraocular pressure and eventual enlargement of the globe (eyeball).* The predominant signs are prominent eyeball, Haab's striae in Descemet's membrane of cornea, enlarged cornea, myopia.
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