Congenital macular coloboma in Down syndrome.
A 9-year-old girl with Down syndrome had bilateral congenital coloboma of the macula. She was born after an uneventful pregnancy, and the results of a Toxoplasma dye test were negative. We concluded that the condition in this patient was a rare occurrence of Down syndrome with macular coloboma.
Yamaguchi
K
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Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Tamai
M
M
D002648:Child; D003103:Coloboma / Q000150:complications*; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014792:Visual Acuity