In contrast, an optic disc coloboma is marked by "an absence of tissue in the inferonasal quadrant of the disc and the central retinal vessels emerge superotemporally from the unaffected portion ...

A uveal coloboma that is large enough to involve the optic nerve, either the inferior portion or the entire optic disc. Read more articles on Coloboma Written by: Editorial Team; ...

One or both eyes may be affected by holes or gaps in the cornea, iris, ciliary body, lens, choroidal layer, lens, retina or optic disc. In many patients, a coloboma is accompanied by ...

Case 1. A 52-year-old female presented with an optic disc coloboma in the right eye with best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) 20/30 in the right eye and finger counting in the left eye.

Amar Agarwal Development of the eye is a fascinating subject. Simultaneous invagination of the optic vesicle and the optic stalk creates the fetal fissure inferonasally, which ...

On the basis of the examination findings, the diagnosis is morning glory disc anomaly. Fundus examination revealed a large orange-pink optic disc with a white tuft of glial tissue at its center ...

If the optic fissure doesn’t come together all the way, the result is a coloboma of some sort. While there is evidence that colobomas are genetic, scientists aren’t sure yet which genes cause ...

Cases of coloboma that affect both eyes are believed to be genetic. More commonly, however, the condition occurs by chance, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology. “The degree of vision ...

ROME — Spectral domain optical coherence tomography has enabled the understanding of mechanisms that cause retinal detachments associated with optic disc anomalies and allows a more targeted ...

An optic disc coloboma is where the optic nerve (which carries information from the eye to the brain) is affected by coloboma where it leaves the back of your eye, an area known as the optic disc." ...

If the optic disc is significantly affected on one side, ... Optic nerve coloboma. Optic nerve colobomas are variable, ranging from minimal involvement to a deformed or swollen optic cup.