bilateral acute depigmentation of the iris
Findings
No curated finding names bilateral acute depigmentation of the iris yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Bilateral acute depigmentation of the iris (BADI) is characterized by acute onset of bilateral iris depigmentation, pigment dispersion in the anterior chamber, and heavy pigment deposition in the anterior chamber angle. Patients typically present with acute and usually severe photophobia, blurred vision, red eye, and ocular discomfort or pain with a usually self-limiting clinical course. Cases often occur after a flu-like illness, upper respiratory tract infection, and after the use of oral moxifloxacin. When associated with iris epithelial depigmentation, iris transillumination defects and atonic/mydriatic pupil, the condition is referred to as bilateral acute iris transillumination (BAIT) which has an increased risk of severe intractable rise in intraocular pressure.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019074), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
10 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal iris pigmentationHPOHP:0008034
- Obligate (100% of cases)
- Hypoplastic iris stromaHPOHP:0007990
- Obligate (100% of cases)
- Abnormal anterior chamber morphologyHPOHP:0000593
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal corneal endothelium morphologyHPOHP:0011488
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal eye morphologyHPOHP:0012372
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Ocular painHPOHP:0200026
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Photophobia
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: bilateral acute depigmentation of the iris
- Also called
- BADI