title: Congenital cystic eye with optic nerve.
abstract: Congenital cystic eye (CCE) is a rare condition caused by failure of invagination of the optic vesicle resulting in a persistent cyst replacing the eye. An associated optic nerve attached to the cyst is a rarely reported phenomenon that has been sparsely described histologically, with no immunohistochemistry reported previously. The authors present a case of CCE with optic nerve tissue inserting into the cyst, and present the histological and immunohistochemical findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Lee
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2705-0003
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Anjana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haridas
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Gael
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities*