[Peripapillary whitening in high myopia: only a staphyloma posticum?]

Ophthalmologe. 2020 Apr;117(4):379-383. doi: 10.1007/s00347-019-00969-7.
[Article in German]

Abstract

This article reports the case of a 55-year-old female patient who presented with visual deterioration and previously known myopia. Funduscopy revealed a tilted optic disc along with a peripapillary staphyloma and a yellowish lesion on the inferior border of the optic disc. Optical coherence tomography showed an intrachoroidal cavitation. Multimodal imaging characteristics of this clinical entity are provided in this case report.

Keywords: Choroidal cavitation; Myopia; OCT-angiography; Optical coherence tomography; Staphyloma posticum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Choroid Diseases
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Myopia*
  • Optic Disk*
  • Scleral Diseases*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence