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. 1978 Jun;62(6):347–350. doi: 10.1136/bjo.62.6.347

Coloboma of optic nerve with overlay of peripapillary retina.

D G Cogan
PMCID: PMC1043232  PMID: 666981

Abstract

An eye that had the clinical appearance of a tumour of the nerve head was found on histological examination to have a congenitally large scleral canal with secondary buckling of the overlying retina.

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