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[Bilateral iris coloboma].

Nouha Zerkaoui¹

¹Université Mohammed V Souissi, Service d'Ophtalmologie A de l'Hôpital des Spécialités de Rabat, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rabat, Maroc.

The Pan African Medical Journal

|August 21, 2018

Summary

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Congenital iris colobomas result from incomplete fetal fissure closure. This case study details a 55-year-old woman with isolated, bilateral iris colobomas, showing no posterior pole or crystalline lens involvement.

Area of Science:

Ophthalmology
Developmental Biology
Genetics

Background:

Congenital ocular colobomas arise from the incomplete closure of the embryonic fissure.
Ocular involvement spectrum ranges from iris defects to posterior pole anomalies like optic nerve, choroidal, or retinal colobomas.

Keywords:

Iris coloboma coloboma of the optic nerve fetal fissure

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