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Author Spotlight: Ex Vivo OCT-Based Multimodal Imaging of Human Donor Eyes for Research into Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Published on: May 26, 2023
[Unilateral macular coloboma: about a case]
Meriem El Bahloul1, Fouad Chraïbi1, Marrakchi Mohammed1
1Service d'Ophtalmologie, CHU Hassan II, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès, Maroc.
Abstract:
Macular coloboma is a congenital condition characterized by failure of closure of the fetal intraocular fissure which may have a hereditary origin. Clinically, it is characterized by decreased visual acuity with macular excavated lesion characterized by missing or rudimentary retinal tissue and scleral ectasia. Macular OCT strongly supports the diagnosis and electrophysiology examination, if requested, is altered. Differential diagnosis includes pathologies causing atrophic and excavated macular lesion, in particular congenital toxoplasmosis.

