morning glory anomaly

morn·ing glo·ry a·nom·a·ly

congenital anomaly of the optic disc in which the nerve head is funnel-shaped, with a dot of white tissue at the end of the excavation, and is surrounded by an elevated pigmented anulus; the retinal vessels seen are multiple narrow bands at the edge of the disk.
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A rare, usually unilateral dysplastic coloboma, characterised by mottled peripapillary pigment and an enlarged, funnel-shaped optic disc filled with hyaloid remnants in its base, surrounded by an elevated rim and tortuous radiating vessels—hence the name, likened to the appearance of the morning glory, a flower; it is thought to occur during the 5th week of embryonic development
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Optic disc anomalies included ODP in three patients, glaucoma in three patients, morning glory anomaly in one patient, and coloboma of the optic disc in one patient.
Infrared images of scanning laser ophthalmoscopy revealed hyporeflectivity that corresponded to the ODP and the morning glory anomaly, while hyperreflectivity corresponded to the glaucomatous disc cupping.
Caption: Figure 5: Photographs of the left eye in a 68-year-old patient with maculopathy associated with morning glory anomaly of the optic disc (case 5).
Role of the Epipapillary Membrane in Maculopathy Associated with Cavitary Optic Disc Anomalies: Morphology, Surgical Outcomes, and Histopathology
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