Congenital iris ectropion as an indicator of variant aniridia
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A young Botswana patient with congenital iris ectropion uvea
Congenital iris ectropion is a rare condition; non-progressive anomaly characterised by the presence of iris pigment epithelium on the anterior surface of the iris stroma and is frequently associated with anterior iris insertion, dysgenesis of the drainage angle and glaucoma. This paper describes unusual case of bilateral case of congenital iris ectropion in adult patient with pupillary abnorma...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.089698