title: Foveal hypoplasia demonstrated in vivo with optical coherence tomography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0946, USA.
authors.forename: Desmond E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: McGuire
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Weinreb
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Goldbaum
mesh_terms: 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