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Isolated optic nerve aplasia
A rare developmental defect during embryogenesis characterized by congenital absence of the optic nerve head, optic nerve fibers, retinal ganglion cells, and retinal blood vessels in a malformed eye. It often occurs unilaterally with otherwise normal brain development. In bilateral cases it is accompanied by other central nervous system malformations.
This condition has no sub-types.