Peripapillary intrachoroidal cavitation in myopia.
OBJECTIVE
To report optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings in disorders recently described as peripapillary detachment in pathologic myopia (PDPM).


METHODS
Observational case report.


METHODS
OCT, fluorescein, and indocyanine green angiography.


RESULTS
A 69-year-old woman presented with bilateral yellow-orange peripapillary area at the inferior border of the myopic conus, typical of PDPM. OCT showed this area as a large intrachoroidal hyporeflective space located below the normal plane of the retinal pigment epithelium. There was no detachment of the retinal pigment epithelium which appeared flat.


CONCLUSIONS
OCT findings suggest calling this anomaly peripapillary intrachoroidal cavitation, instead of peripapillary detachment in pathologic myopia.
Toranzo
Jacqueline
J
Department of Ophthalmology, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
Cohen
Salomon Y
SY
Erginay
Ali
A
Gaudric
Alain
A
D000368:Aged; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D047728:Myopia, Degenerative / Q000150:complications*; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology*; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D015422:Scleral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence
D007208:Indocyanine Green