A Case of Congenital Coloboma of Optic Nerve Head.

Lee, Chul Yong; Kim, Jae Ho; Shin, Han Ho

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1982;23(3):853-856.
Published online March 1, 1982.

A Case of Congenital Coloboma of Optic Nerve Head.

Chul Yong Lee, Jae Ho Kim, Han Ho Shin

Department of Ophthalmology, Soon Chun Hyang Medical Center, Soon Chun Hyang College, Korea.

선천성 시신경유두 결손증 편안의 (片眼) 1예

김재호(Jae Ho Kim),이철용(Chul Yong Lee),신환호(Hwan Ho Shin)

Abstract

A case of congenital coloboma of the optic nerve head with surrounding choroidal atrophy in left eye, who was 16 years old male, is reported. The most characteristic features of this case were increase in size and shape of the disc, the ectasia of the surface, the depth and the striking whiteness, type of the vessels and their special arrangement. We described the clinical findings and attempted to survey the embryological causes and heredity with brief review of the literatures.