Chorioretinal coloboma: clinical presentation complications and treatment alternatives

Abstract

Choroio Retinal coloboma (CRC) characterized by congenital absence of part of the retinal pigment epithelium and choroid, caused by the defective closure of the embryonic fissure, which normally develops gradually between sixth and seventh weeks of fetal life. Colobomas present various parts of ocular tissue such as iris and /or uvea, lens, optic nerve or eyelid. Since it is embriological pathology CRC may also be associated with other ocular pathologies such as cataract, microphthalmia, anophthalmia.1−4