MR Imaging of Congenital and Acquired Malformation of the Eye and Orbit

Abstract

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As for all the central nervous system (CNS) defects, the severity of eye malformations is related to the time a teratogenic factor occurs: the earlier the insult, the more serious the eye abnormalities are.

Magnetic resonance imaging perfectly depicts most eye defects. Considering that several CNS malformations have been described to occur simultaneously in the case of eye abnormalities, MRI is considered the imaging modality of choice nowadays.

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eye embriology eye MRI eye abnormalities

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