Bilateral Macular Coloboma: A Rare Entity
A macular coloboma is rare, congenital entity characterized by round or oval area of chorioretinal atrophy of variable size at the macula. A 20-year-old male visited to out patient department with a complain of poor vision in both eyes. Patient underwent a comprehensive ocular examination including...
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| author | Rajlaxmi Virkar Amit S. Nene Onkar H. Pirdankar Madhuri Meshram Pushpanjali Badole Smitesh Shah |
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| description | A macular coloboma is rare, congenital entity characterized by round or oval area of chorioretinal atrophy of variable size at the macula. A 20-year-old male visited to out patient department with a complain of poor vision in both eyes. Patient underwent a comprehensive ocular examination including best corrected visual acuity, fundus examination and spectral domain optical coherence tomography and was diagnosed with bilateral macular coloboma. Thus, to conclude, macular coloboma is a rare entity with poor visual prognosis. However, low vision rehabilitation services could be suggested to enhance the residual vision. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6b46a953c946408799ba0f37b02ad0aa2025-08-20T03:11:13ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsDelhi Journal of Ophthalmology0972-02002454-27842022-07-01325555610.4103/dljo.dljo_43_23Bilateral Macular Coloboma: A Rare EntityRajlaxmi VirkarAmit S. NeneOnkar H. PirdankarMadhuri MeshramPushpanjali BadoleSmitesh ShahA macular coloboma is rare, congenital entity characterized by round or oval area of chorioretinal atrophy of variable size at the macula. A 20-year-old male visited to out patient department with a complain of poor vision in both eyes. Patient underwent a comprehensive ocular examination including best corrected visual acuity, fundus examination and spectral domain optical coherence tomography and was diagnosed with bilateral macular coloboma. Thus, to conclude, macular coloboma is a rare entity with poor visual prognosis. However, low vision rehabilitation services could be suggested to enhance the residual vision.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/dljo.dljo_43_23macular colobomalow vision careoptical coherence tomography |
| spellingShingle | Rajlaxmi Virkar Amit S. Nene Onkar H. Pirdankar Madhuri Meshram Pushpanjali Badole Smitesh Shah Bilateral Macular Coloboma: A Rare Entity Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology macular coloboma low vision care optical coherence tomography |
| title | Bilateral Macular Coloboma: A Rare Entity |
| title_full | Bilateral Macular Coloboma: A Rare Entity |
| title_fullStr | Bilateral Macular Coloboma: A Rare Entity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bilateral Macular Coloboma: A Rare Entity |
| title_short | Bilateral Macular Coloboma: A Rare Entity |
| title_sort | bilateral macular coloboma a rare entity |
| topic | macular coloboma low vision care optical coherence tomography |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/dljo.dljo_43_23 |
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