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. 2022 Mar 2;15(1):117-118.
doi: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_113_21. eCollection 2022 Jan-Apr.

Blindness as the presenting sign of osteopetrosis in a child

Bipasha Mukherjee  1 , Aman Agrawal  1 , Olma Veena Noronha  2
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Blindness as the presenting sign of osteopetrosis in a child

Bipasha Mukherjee et al. Oman J Ophthalmol. .
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(a) T1-weighted axial magnetic resonance imaging scan showing diffuse sclerosis seen as hypointense calvarial and skull base thickening with widened diploic space (b) T2-weighted axial magnetic resonance imaging (FIESTA sequence) showing narrowing of the optic nerve canals with optic nerve thinning (arrows). (c) Radiograph of pelvis and femur showing characteristic “bone within bone” appearance and the “Erlenmeyer flask” deformity of the femur. (d) T2-weighted coronal magnetic resonance imaging scan showing narrowing of optic nerve canals (yellow arrows)
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