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Case Reports
. 2014 Oct-Dec;9(4):520-1.
doi: 10.4103/2008-322X.150835.

Amblyopia associated with prominent cilioretinal artery

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Case Reports

Amblyopia associated with prominent cilioretinal artery

Mohammad Hossein Jabbarpoor Bonyadi. J Ophthalmic Vis Res. 2014 Oct-Dec.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Red reflectance image shows an aberrant cilioretinal artery reaching the center of the fovea in the left eye.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Macular thickness map shows nasal and central foveal thickening in the same eye.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Macular spectral domain optical coherence tomography images of the left eye show posterior shadowing of the cilioretinal artery and nerve fiber layer irregularity in nasal foveal region up to the center of the fovea.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Macular spectral domain optical coherence tomography image of the right eye with no pathologic finding.

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