Serous retinal detachment and cystoid macular edema in hypotony maculopathy

PURPOSE: To report the foveal structural findings of hypotony maculopathy imaged with optical coherence tomography. METHODS: Case report of a 39-year-old white woman with a 20 year history of uveitis, who underwent pars plana vitrectomy and pars plana Baerveldt implant for intractable glaucoma. Four...

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Published in:American journal of ophthalmology 2001-03, Vol.131 (3), p.384-386
Main Authors: Kokame, Gregg T, de Leon, Miguel D.L, Tanji, Troy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological
Exudates and Transudates
Female
Fluorescein Angiography
Humans
Interferometry
Intraocular Pressure
Light
Macula Lutea - pathology
Macular Edema - diagnosis
Macular Edema - etiology
Medical sciences
Ocular Hypotension - complications
Ocular Hypotension - pathology
Ophthalmology
Retinal Detachment - diagnosis
Retinal Detachment - etiology
Retinal Diseases - complications
Retinal Diseases - pathology
Retinopathies
Tomography
Visual Acuity
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Summary:PURPOSE: To report the foveal structural findings of hypotony maculopathy imaged with optical coherence tomography. METHODS: Case report of a 39-year-old white woman with a 20 year history of uveitis, who underwent pars plana vitrectomy and pars plana Baerveldt implant for intractable glaucoma. Four months postoperatively, decreased vision and hypotony maculopathy ensued. Optical coherence tomographic (OCT) images were taken horizontally through the macula. RESULTS: OCT demonstrated large intraretinal cysts, serous macular detachment, and choroidal folds, which resolved upon resolution of hypotony. CONCLUSION: Cystic macular changes and serous macular detachment can be prominent features of hypotony maculopathy.
ISSN:0002-9394
1879-1891
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00794-7