Peripapillary intrachoroidal cavitation in myopia

Am J Ophthalmol. 2005 Oct;140(4):731-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.03.063.

Abstract

Purpose: To report optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings in disorders recently described as peripapillary detachment in pathologic myopia (PDPM).

Design: Observational case report.

Methods: OCT, fluorescein, and indocyanine green angiography.

Results: A 69-year-old woman presented with bilateral yellow-orange peripapillary area at the inferior border of the myopic conus, typical of PDPM. OCT showed this area as a large intrachoroidal hyporeflective space located below the normal plane of the retinal pigment epithelium. There was no detachment of the retinal pigment epithelium which appeared flat.

Conclusions: OCT findings suggest calling this anomaly peripapillary intrachoroidal cavitation, instead of peripapillary detachment in pathologic myopia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Choroid Diseases / diagnosis
  • Choroid Diseases / etiology*
  • Dilatation, Pathologic
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Humans
  • Indocyanine Green
  • Myopia, Degenerative / complications*
  • Optic Disk / pathology*
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / diagnosis
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / etiology*
  • Scleral Diseases / diagnosis
  • Scleral Diseases / etiology*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence

Substances

  • Indocyanine Green