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Case Reports
. 2018 Oct;66(10):1472-1473.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_637_18.

Posterior lentiglobus

Parul Chawla Gupta  1 , Jitender Jinagal  1 , Jagat Ram  1
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Case Reports

Posterior lentiglobus

Parul Chawla Gupta et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Oct.
No abstract available

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There are no conflicts of interest

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Ocular examination demonstrating posterior lentiglobus simulating an egg
Figure 2
Figure 2
Postoperative slit-lamp photograph of the left eye showing clear visual axis
Figure 3
Figure 3
Child with parallel visual axis
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