Morning Glory Syndrome

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Morning glory syndrome (MGS) is a congenital optic disc pathology. It was first described in 1970 by Kindler. He reported ten cases of congenital optic disc anomaly. The optic nerve head was funnel-shaped. It had a central whitish fibrous tissue and was surrounded by a ring-shaped area of chorioretinal pigmentary disturbance. The retinal vessels originated as multiple straight narrow branches at the edge of the optic disc. He called it the morning glory disc because of its resemblance to a morning glory flower. It is a rare sporadic disorder.

This review summarizes the etiology, epidemiology, histopathology, clinical features, differential diagnoses, associations, complications, evaluation, and the management of MGS.