MACULAR COLOBOMA: HISTOLOGICAL REPORT

[Atypical macular coloboma: a case report].

CLINICAL CASE This was a 15-month-old boy who had macular retinochoroidal lesions in both eyes following maternal varicella during pregnancy. DISCUSSION The scars were suggestive of congenital chorioretinal infection, but because of negative serology and the clinical picture, we believe the problems are atypical macular colobomata.

Hereditary macular coloboma.

Macular coloboma and skeletal abnormality.

Of the other members of the family only the patients' mother was examined clinically by us and no abnormality was found. She gave a clear account of the large family on her own and her husband's side and mentioned only one individual with an abnormality: this was the blind child of a paternal aunt of the propositi who married a full cousin. However, the findings of his ophthalmologist (corneal ...

Pediatric Choroidal Coloboma with Macular Hole at the Edge of the Coloboma.

Originally received: July 13, 2016. Final revision: December 23, 2016. Accepted: January 5, 2017. Available online: February 14, 2017. Manuscript no. 2016-1470. 1 Sacrocuore Hospital, Verona, Italy. 2 Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. 3 Department of Ophthalmology, Sant’Anna Institute, Brescia, Italy. Financial Disclosure(s): The authors have no proprietary or...

[Spontaneous resolution of macular detachment associated with optic disc coloboma].

CASE REPORT A 24-year-old male presented with visual acuity loss of the right eye. Examination of the right eye fundus showed a serous detachment of the posterior pole associated with optic disc coloboma. The patient refused surgical treatment. After six months an improvement in visual acuity was observed with the disappearance of macular subretinal fluid. DISCUSSION The macular detachment is...