title: Uveal coloboma: about 3 cases at the University Teaching Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon.
abstract: Uveal coloboma is a rare eye malformation caused by failure of the optic fissure to close during the fifth to seventh weeks of foetal life. The risk of retinal detachment increases with age in colobomatous eyes. Preventive measures such as early detection of the retinal break, prophylactic laser photocoagulation along the coloboma margin, confer a significant benefit in reducing this risk of retinal detachment. Difficulties linked to the diagnosis and management of uveal colobomas in developing countries setting are presented in this study.
authors: University Teaching Hospital Yaounde (UTHY), Cameroon; University of Yaoundé I, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Cameroon.
authors: Kagmeni
authors: K
authors: Giles
authors: University of Yaoundé I, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Cameroon.
authors: Cheuteu
authors: C
authors: Raoul
authors: University of Yaoundé I, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Cameroon.
authors: Bilong
authors: B
authors: Yannick
authors: Eye Hospital of Leipzig University, Germany.
authors: Wiedemann
authors: W
authors: Peter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002163:Cameroon; D002648:Child; D003103:Coloboma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014602:Uvea / Q000002:abnormalities*
keywords: Uveal coloboma; congenital eye malformation; retinal detechment