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. 2010 Feb;56(2):155.

Question: Can you identify this condition?

Nataly Pesin 1, Jason Noble 2, Brenda L Gallie 3
PMCID: PMC2821241  PMID: 20154249

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A 9-month-old female infant is brought to her pediatrician after the mother notices her left eye appeared white in a photograph. The pediatrician cannot elicit a red reflex upon examination of the right eye, indicating leukocoria.

The most likely diagnosis is

  1. Cataract

  2. Retinoblastoma

  3. Coloboma

  4. Coats disease

  5. All of the above

Answer on page 156


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