Axenfeld Syndrome

Axenfeld-Rauber syndrome (AS) is a rare congenital disease characterized by an isolated defect in the development of both eyes and surrounding tissues, leading to a progressive decrease in visual function. For the first time, a clinical observation in a child from the Amazon tribe was described by German scientists Acher K. X. and L. Bauermann in 1892 - the condition was named after them. At the beginning of the 20th century, several clinical cases described by different authors were attributed to the group of diseases, later renamed Axenfeld-Rauwer-Husson syndrome, after which in 1940 they received a common name in German - “Syndrome der außerordentlichen Umwandlung der männlichen eye- segmente und seines beidseitigen Gesichts” and in English. At 19