title: Documentation of optic nerve pit with macular schisis-like cavity by spectral domain OCT.
abstract: The authors report using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) to observe a patient with an optic nerve pit and macular schisis-like spaces. An 8-microm axial resolution prototype spectral domain OCT and stereo fundus photography were used to observe the patient. A macular schisis-like cavity was present at baseline and additional cystic changes developed in the nerve fiber layer over a period of 16 months; however, the visual acuity remained stable at 20/20. Spectral domain OCT provides greater detail of the changes in morphology and structure of macular schisis and edema associated with an optic nerve pit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Geeta A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Lalwani
authors.forename: Omar S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Punjabi
authors.forename: Harry W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Knighton
authors.forename: Carmen A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Puliafito
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003103:Coloboma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000002:abnormalities*; D041441:Retinoschisis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*