RIDGE-SHAPED MACULA PROGRESSING PARALLEL TO BRUCH MEMBRANE DEFECTS AND MACULAR SUPRACHOROIDAL CAVITATION

Retina. 2020 Mar;40(3):456-460. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000002404.

Abstract

Purpose: To report on a progressing ridge-shaped macula parallel to Bruch membrane defects and a macular suprachoroidal cavitation.

Method: Single case report.

Result: The right eye of a 54-year-old man with an axial length of 30.96 mm showed 2 extrafoveal Bruch membrane defects with a partial herniation of the retina into the choroidal space and an ophthalmoscopically yellowish area inferior to one of the Bruch membrane defects. Optical coherence tomography revealed a horizontal transfoveal ridge of the sclera, Bruch membrane, and macula and a deepening of the suprachoroidal space, corresponding to the ophthalmoscopically detectable yellowish area and fulfilling the criteria of a macular suprachoroidal cavitation. After a follow-up of 10 years, the height of the ridge increased parallel to a further deepening of the macular suprachoroidal cavitation and an increase in axial length by 0.67 mm.

Conclusion: The findings support the notion of a progression of a ridge-shaped macula parallel to a further deepening of a macular suprachoroidal cavitation in an axially elongating eye.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bruch Membrane / pathology*
  • Choroid / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Macula Lutea / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myopia, Degenerative / diagnosis*
  • Refraction, Ocular
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*
  • Visual Acuity*