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. 2020 Dec;127(12):1772-1774.
doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.05.028. Epub 2020 May 17.

Ocular and Systemic Findings in Adults with Uveal Coloboma

Malena Daich Varela  1 , Laryssa A Huryn  1 , Robert B Hufnagel  1 , Wadih M Zein  1 , Delphine Blain  1 , Brian P Brooks  2
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Ocular and Systemic Findings in Adults with Uveal Coloboma

Malena Daich Varela et al. Ophthalmology. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

Although visual acuity is largely stable in adults with coloboma, they are at risk of being labelled as glaucoma suspects and developing early-onset cataracts. Broad systemic screening may identify previously unnoticed comorbidities.

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Types of lens opacities and dysplastic optic nerves in adult patients with coloboma. Cataracts range from non-visually significant nuclear dots (A), sutural (B) and/or cortical cataracts all the way to visually significant, mature nuclear (C) cataract. Dysplastic optic nerves are often present in patients with posterior segment coloboma. Note that these include splitting of the superior and inferior vascular trunks with an inferior slope to the optic nerve cup (D); optic nerve hypoplasia with an inferior crescent of scleral show (E); and highly tilted, myopic discs with peripapillary atrophy (F).
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