title: Cilioretinal arteries in conjunction with a pit of the optic disc.
abstract: Cilioretinal arteries were noted to accompany pits of the optic disc in 16 of 25 cases (64%). Fourteen of the 16 cases were found to have 2 cilioretinal arteries (86%). The cilioretinal arteries were directly related to the pit of the disc and emerged either from the bottom or the margin of the pit in a proportion of 86%. This finding reinforces the assumption that the optic disc pit belongs to the same spectrum of congenital anomalies which also includes optic disc coloboma, megalopapilla and morning glory syndrome. A fluorescein angiography study showed hyperfluorescence of the pit in 12/16 cases and in particular in all the cases in which both cilioretinal arteries emerged from the pit. Hypofluorescence was noted in 7/9 cases in which the pit was not associated with cilioretinal arteries. Our findings could support the view that hyperfluorescence of the pit, which is not a constant phenomenon, mostly depends on the presence of cilioretinal arteries emerging from the pit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Athens University, Greece.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Theodossiadis
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kollia
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Theodossiadis
mesh_terms: D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000098:blood supply*; D003103:Coloboma / Q000473:pathology; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000098:blood supply; D012161:Retinal Artery; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000473:pathology