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Br J Ophthalmol 2008;92:1569 doi:10.1136/bjo.2008.137554
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  1. C E Decock1,
  2. C M Breusegem1,
  3. B P Leroy1,2
  1. 1
    Department of Ophthalmology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
  2. 2
    Centre for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
  1. Dr C E Decock, Department of Ophthalmology, Ghent University Hospital, De pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium; christian_decock{at}hotmail.com
  • Accepted 4 January 2008

We would like to thank the authors Hornby and Gilbert for their interesting letter referring to our case report of bilateral colobomatous microphthalmos with orbital cyst. Their remarks and view are relevant and demand further clarification.

Because our intention was to investigate more in depth the origin of the cyst fluid and wall, and because of space limitations, we were not able to provide additional data about the documented vitamin A deficiency (VAD) during pregnancy in our histopathological case report.1 We will provide these here. The mother had a history of a biliopancreatic diversion (Scopinaro procedure) which resulted in a …

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