ABSTRACT
The congenital coloboma represents failure in closure of fetal fissure, which may involve iris, ciliary body, choroid, retina or optic nerve. It is classified into typical and atypical type. The authors have experienced a case of typical coloboma of the occuring on the iris, choroid, and optic disc of both eyes which have chromosomal abnormality, 46, XY, t(4, 13)(p;q), and the literatures relating to this disease were briefly reviewed.
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Choroid , Chromosome Aberrations , Ciliary Body , Coloboma , Iris , Optic Nerve , Retina , Translocation, GeneticABSTRACT
The congenital coloboma represents failure in closure of fetal fissure, which may involve iris, ciliary body, choroid, retina or optic nerve. It is classified into typical and atypical type. The authors have experienced a case of typical coloboma of the occuring on the iris, choroid, and optic disc of both eyes which have chromosomal abnormality, 46, XY, t(4, 13)(p;q), and the literatures relating to this disease were briefly reviewed.