INTRODUCTION Coloboma is a Greek word, which describes the defect of all layers of the organ, and it can be congenital or as the result of an injury, operation, or some disease. Congenital upper eyelid coloboma is a rare anomaly, with the unknown incidence. The size of the defect is different, but it always involves all layers of the eyelid. This malformation is more frequent at the upper eyeli...

non-hodgkin lymphoma (nhl) is one of the masquerade syndromes of malignant melanoma that can occur with two main patterns of presentations in the eye: metastatic involvement of uveal tract, and primary involvement of retina. we report ophthalmic, imaging and histopathological findings in the first case diagnosed as primary choroidal nhl without central nervous system or systemic involvement. a ...

Focal choroidal excavation is a choroidal pit that can be detected by optical coherence tomography. Central serous chorioretinopathy, choroidal neovascularization and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy are pathologies associated with focal choroidal excavation. In this article, we present the follow-up and treatment outcomes of three eyes of two patients with focal choroidal excavation.

Closure of the optic cleft occurs about the sixth week of intrauterine life. Clinically, failure of complete closure results in a coloboma of the uveal tract which is variable in its position and extent, and there is sometimes also an associated coloboma of the optic nervehead; defective closure of the cleft is known to be under genetic influence. The usual mode of transmission of such a defect...

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 ...

Two sibs are reported with upper limb defect, developmental delay, central hearing loss, unilateral poorly developed antihelix, and bilateral choroid coloboma. The inheritance is probably autosomal recessive.