Case Report

Optical Coherence Tomography Findings of the Acute Exudative Polymorphous Vitelliform Maculopathy

Oswaldo Ferreira Moura Brasil, MD; Raul Nunes Galvarro Vianna, MD, PhD; Remo Turchetti Moraes, MD

  • Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging
  • DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20100215-52
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Abstract

The optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings of a 26-year-old HIV-positive male with acute exudative polymorphous vitelliform maculopathy were described. His with best-corrected visual acuity at the presentation of the disease was 20/25 in the right eye and 20/30 in the left eye. Fundus examination showed bilateral yellowish subretinal lesions arranged in a honeycombed pattern throughout the posterior pole in both eyes. OCT scans on the topography of these lesions showed well-defined hyporeflective spaces that occasionally merged, limited superiorly by the retinal pigment epithelium and inferiorly by a hypereflective tissue that could correspond to Bruch’s membrane. Sub-sensory fluid was found in both maculas.

AUTHORS

From the Instituto Brasileiro de Oftalmologia (OFMB, RNGV, RTM), Rio de Janeiro; Vision Institute (OFMB), Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo; and Antônio Pedro University Hospital (RNGV), Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The authors have no financial or proprietary interest in the materials presented herein.

Address correspondence to Oswaldo Ferreira Moura Brasil, MD, Praia de Botafogo 206, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP:22250-040, Brazil.

doi: 10.3928/15428877-20100215-52

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