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Michael C. Brodsky, MD; R. Sloan Wilson, MD
Little Rock, Ark

Arch Ophthalmol. 1995;113(4):410-411.

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The morning glory disc anomaly comprises congenital excavation of the peripapillary fundus, enlargement of the optic disc, anomalous epipapillary glial tissue, and a complex pattern of retinovascular anomalies.^1,2 We examined a patient who had three retinal arteriovenous communications in an eye with a morning glory disc anomaly.

Report of a Case.

A 6-month-old boy was diagnosed as having intermittent exotropia and was treated with bilateral lateral rectus recessions. At 2 years of age, he was noted to have a foveal scar in the right eye and a morning glory disc anomaly in the left eye. Reexamination at 6 years of age disclosed two inferior retinal holes near the ora serrata and a third at the 6-o'clock equator in the left eye that were treated successfully with retinal cryotherapy. At 13 years of age, his corrected visual acuity was 20/200 OD and 20/25 OS.

Both pupils reacted briskly to light . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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