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Comment
. 2013 Oct;27(10):1219-20.
doi: 10.1038/eye.2013.157. Epub 2013 Jul 26.

Occult optic disc pit with macular schisis

J C Park  1 , K N Frimpong-Ansah
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Occult optic disc pit with macular schisis

J C Park et al. Eye (Lond). 2013 Oct.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
The right optic disc appears normal. The left optic disc is the same size, but despite this it appears to have a probable optic disc pit temporally.
Figure 2
Figure 2
OCT of the left optic disc.
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