Stelnicki E J, Marsh J L, Woolsey T A, Lee B C, Noetzel M J
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1995 Jul;32(4):334-45. doi: 10.1597/1545-1569_1995_032_0334_tcmwpd_2.3.co_2.
A case of ocular duplication with complex craniofacial and central nervous system anomalies is described. The anomaly is termed triopia because the child's most overt and distinguishing feature was three eyes: the left orbit contained two globes with independent ocular adnexa; the right orbit contained one normal appearing and functioning globe. Computer assisted medical imaging was used to define, in vivo, the intra- and extracranial soft and hard tissue anomalies: the cerebral hemisphere ipsilateral to the ocular duplication was also duplicated. Possible bases for this anomaly include duplication of primordia for the eye and secondary prosencephalon.
