Open AccessTorpedo maculopathy: A primary choroidal capillary abnormality?
Author(s) -
Rohan Chawla,
Amar Pujari,
Vaishali Rakheja,
Atul Kumar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_784_17
Subject(s) - medicine , maculopathy , ophthalmology , abnormality , fundus (uterus) , optical coherence tomography , optical coherence tomography angiography , retina , fundus fluorescein angiography , anatomy , fluorescein angiography , retinal , optics , retinopathy , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology , physics , psychiatry
A 26-year-old healthy male patient's fundus revealed findings consistent with torpedo maculopathy. Swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed a dome-shaped elevation of the retina at the level of ellipsoid zone. On OCT angiography segmented at the level of the choriocapillaris, a cluster of convoluted fine vessels was seen, and further, deeper scans of the larger choroidal vessels showed a slower flow. From these observations along with the embryological correlation of choriocapillaris development, a possibility of an abnormality preventing proper fenestration of the choriocapillaris along the horizontal raphe being responsible for this anomaly is suggested.