Peripapillary coloboma simulating double optic disc

Rare cases of true duplication of optic discs with separation of optic nerve into two or more strands have been reported, based either on incidental necropsy findings, 2 3 demonstration of two optic foramina in the same orbit on x ray, 4 or angioscotomas 5 as indirect evidence of the existence of do...

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Published inBritish journal of ophthalmology Vol. 83; no. 10; p. 1207
Main Authors KAMATH, GIRISH G, PRASAD, SOMDUTT, PATWALA, YOGESH J, WATTS, MARK T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JR BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.10.1999
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Coloboma - diagnosis
Disease management
Fluorescein Angiography
Fundus Oculi
Humans
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Male
Middle Aged
Optic Disk - abnormalities
Side effects
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Summary:Rare cases of true duplication of optic discs with separation of optic nerve into two or more strands have been reported, based either on incidental necropsy findings, 2 3 demonstration of two optic foramina in the same orbit on x ray, 4 or angioscotomas 5 as indirect evidence of the existence of double optic nerves.
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ISSN:0007-1161
1468-2079
DOI:10.1136/bjo.83.10.1207