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What's That in My Retinal Photo? Optic Nerve Pit

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I always love reviewing retinal photos with patients, because so much can be going on inside the eye without ever causing any vision issues!  Here is one such example: that circular deformity at the optic nerve in this photo is a congenital condition called an optic nerve pit.  When the eye is developing in the womb, a structure called the optic vesicle (the...