title: Isolated foveal hypoplasia: clinical presentation and imaging findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the clinical presentation and imaging findings of a patient with isolated foveal hypoplasia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 16-year-old teenager presented to our clinic with mild to moderate visual impairment since early childhood. Lack of foveal depression was noted on both clinical examination and optical coherence tomography, and absence of the foveal avascular zone was demonstrated on fluorescein angiography. His ocular examination was otherwise unremarkable.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Isolated foveal hypoplasia should be considered in the differential diagnosis of early-onset bilateral visual impairment, especially when the foveal reflexes seem absent.
authors.affiliation: *MD Gazi University Medical Faculty, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara, Turkey (EEK, MOC, HTA, MH); and Wills Eye Hospital, Glaucoma Research Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (FE, MW).
authors.forename: Emine Esra
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Karaca
authors.forename: Mehmet Özgür
authors.initials: MÖ
authors.lastname: Çubuk
authors.forename: Feyzahan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ekici
authors.forename: Hanife Tuba
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Akçam
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waisbourd
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hasanreisoğlu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015785:Eye Diseases, Hereditary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020417:Nystagmus, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology