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.
Aggarwal
Ashim
A
Department of Ophthalmology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
El-Bash
Abdel-Rahman
AR
Inker
Steven
S
Musarella
Maria A
MA
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