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How serious is cat eye syndrome (ces)?

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Cat eye: cat eye syndrome is a congenital chromosomal defect in which there can be loss of iris tissue giving the eye a cat like appearance.there can be other systemic abnormalities that can be life threatining. It is rare and usually does not shorten life.Also there are other ocular signs such as lids turned downwards and some others.

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