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We present three cases of optic nerve coloboma with orbital and brain CT findings, one also including MRI and ultrasonography of the orbit.
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Pyhtinen, J., Lindholm, F.L. Imaging in optic nerve coloboma. Neuroradiology 38, 171–174 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00604811
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