Bilateral macular coloboma and pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy.

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  • M S Chen
  • C H Yang
  • J S Huang
چکیده

A patient had bilateral macular coloboma with aggregations of pigment clumps located perivascularly, predominantly paravenously, and in other parts of the retina. The Toxoplasma IgG antibody was negative. The diagnosis of bilateral macular coloboma with pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy was made and seemed to be a developmental abnormality in origin.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of ophthalmology

دوره 76 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1992