Symmetrical bilateral lens colobomas in two brothers.
True lens coloboma is a rare developmental disorder usually caused by missing lens zonules in the equatorial area of the lens. Bilateral cases are rare. We report bilateral superonasal lens colobomas in two brothers whose parents are first cousins.
Department of Ophthalmology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Ashim
A
Aggarwal
Abdel-Rahman
AR
El-Bash
Steven
S
Inker
Maria A
MA
Musarella
D000550:Amblyopia / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003103:Coloboma / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D003241:Consanguinity; D005099:Exotropia / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D035781:Siblings; D014792:Visual Acuity