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from either coloboma size or optic nerve involvement because patients with large col obomata with optic nerve involvement can have almost normal vision.

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FIGURE 2-9. Coloboma. A. Iris coloboma (teardrop pupil). B. Normal optic nerve of the right eye and (C) coloboma involving the optic nerve of the left eye in the same patient.