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Optic nerve aplasia associated with macular ‘atypical coloboma’
Author(s) -
Recupero Santi Maria,
Lepore Giovanni Francesco,
Plateroti Rocco,
Abdolrahimzadeh Solmaz
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1994.tb04698.x
Subject(s) - medicine , coloboma , optic nerve , aplasia , optic nerve hypoplasia , toxoplasmosis , ophthalmology , lesion , macula lutea , retinal , retina , anatomy , surgery , pathology , biology , neuroscience
. A 12‐year‐old patient presenting with absence of the optic disc and retinal blood vessels associated with atrophic macular lesion was studied. A toxoplasma IgG antibody test had been found positive at the age of 4 months. This test and the clinial findings suggested the possibility of optic nerve aplasia with atypical macular coloboma due to congenital toxoplasmosis. The pro's and contra's concerning this hypothesis are discussed by the authors.