Foveal hypoplasia demonstrated in vivo with optical coherence tomography.
OBJECTIVE
We demonstrate foveal hypoplasia by optical coherence tomography (OCT).


METHODS
Observational case report.


METHODS
Foveal hypoplasia was demonstrated in a 79-year-old man with decreased vision since childhood using fundus photography, fluorescein angiography, and OCT scans through four meridians of the central foveal.


RESULTS
The OCT showed extension of all neurosensory retinal layers through the area in which the fovea would normally be located.


CONCLUSIONS
Optical coherence tomography can be used to demonstrate foveal hypoplasia.
McGuire
Desmond E
DE
Department of Ophthalmology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0946, USA.
Weinreb
Robert N
RN
Goldbaum
Michael H
MH
D000368:Aged; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007368:Interferometry; D008027:Light; D008297:Male; D010781:Photography; D014054:Tomography / Q000379:methods