Clinical manifestation and prognosis of active ocular toxoplasmosis in Iran [PDF]
Toxoplasmosis is the most common cause of posterior uveitis in the world. This study described the clinical characteristics and visual outcome of 193 patients with ocular toxoplasmosis at Feiz Hospital (Isfahan, Iran) during the last six years.
Kianersi, Farzan. +2 more
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The pull of the macula: Optic disc dragging in large macular coloboma
Macular coloboma is an excavation at the macula with defective or rudimentary retinal tissue. Here, we present an unusual case of large bilateral macular coloboma with dragging of optic disc.
Sahana S. Karanth +2 more
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Hyperacute spontaneous closure of a traumatic macular hole in a colobomatous eye
A 12 year old boy presented to us with complaints of diminution of vision following blunt injury to his left eye. Examination revealed a grade 5 retina-choroidal coloboma in left eye with haemorrhage at its inferior border.
Diva Kant Misra +3 more
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Optic Nerve Coloboma in a Child With Compound Heterozygous USH2A Variants. [PDF]
We present a case of an optic nerve coloboma in a 10‐month‐old girl found to have compound heterozygous USH2A variants. There were no other dysmorphic features or ocular developmental anomalies. To our knowledge, this is the first report in literature of a concomitant optic nerve coloboma in a case of nonsyndromic retinitis pigmentosa related to USH2A ...
Levine ES, Shah ND, Salcone EM.
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Diagnostic exome sequencing in 266 Dutch patients with visual impairment [PDF]
Inherited eye disorders have a large clinical and genetic heterogeneity, which makes genetic diagnosis cumbersome. An exome-sequencing approach was developed in which data analysis was divided into two steps: the vision gene panel and exome analysis.
Boon, C.J.F. (Camiel) +24 more
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Optic disc pit maculopathy: a two-year nationwide prospective study. [PDF]
Purpose To identify the incidence, presenting features, treatment, and clinical course of optic disc pit maculopathy (ODPM) in the United Kingdom (UK). Design A 2-year nationwide prospective population-based study.
Anna Song +5 more
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Optical coherence tomographic features of unilateral macular coloboma
Hussain Nazimul, Mohan Ram L
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arrEYE : a customized platform for high-resolution copy number analysis of coding and noncoding regions of known and candidate retinal dystrophy genes and retinal noncoding RNAs [PDF]
Purpose: Our goal was to design a customized microarray, arrEYE, for high-resolution copy number variant (CNV) analysis of known and candidate genes for inherited retinal dystrophy (iRD) and retina expressed noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs).
Bauwens, Miriam +11 more
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Surgery for macular holes associated with unusual concomitant pathologies
Macular hole (MH) is uncommonly seen in association with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), optic disc pit or choroidal coloboma. The visual disability in eyes with RP, optic disc pit or choroidal coloboma can range from mild to severe.
Dhanashree Ratra, Vishal Raval
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Pigmented Birthmarks and Spinal Neurofibromas in KRAS Mosaicism—Not to Be Confused With NF1
ABSTRACT We report a child presenting with pigmentary skin lesions and spinal neurofibromas who was diagnosed molecularly with KRAS mosaicism. We review the previous literature of two cases of congenital skin lesions and neurofibromas and spinal nerve root hypertrophy caused by KRAS variants and highlight this presentation as an important differential ...
Karina M. Forde +3 more
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