title: [Pseudo-disc-pits.macular syndrome].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Optical coherence tomography(OCT) permits the noninvasive analysis of cross-sectional tomograms of ocular tissue in vivo.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 67-year-old woman presented with abnormal feeling in the left eye. An ophthalmoscopic examination revealed retinal edema in the macular vascular arcades and radial folds on the fovea. Optic disc pits were not demonstrated ophthalmoscopically or by fluorescein angiography(FAG). OCT disclosed separations in the inner and outer layers of the edematous retina, retinal detachment on the fovea, and cystic schisis(pseudo-pits) beneath the inner limiting membrane of the disc which seemed to be connected with the separation of the inner layers of the retina.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  OCT demonstrated cystic schisis-like pits(pseudo-pits) which were not recognized ophthalmoscopically or by FAG, and the cystic schisis seemed to communicate with the inner separation of the retina. Therefore, we prefer to call such cases pseudo-disc-pits macular syndrome instead of optic disc pit macular syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Hamada Eye Clinic, 4-6-1 Tomigaoka, Nara 631-0004, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chihara
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome