| A rare developmental defect during embryogenesis with characteristics of unilateral duplication of an eye which may appear as a synophthalmia in a single orbit or as two separate unilateral eyes, each in a separate orbit. The malformation is always associated with other anomalies of the central nervous system (such as porencephaly, meningocele, or arachnoidal cysts) and with craniofacial abnormalities. A proboscis is often found. Clinically, moderate mental retardation and epilepsy are typical. |
