Choroidal thinning and "stair-case" foveal sign in a patient with Alport syndrome.
OBJECTIVE
To quantitatively describe choroidal thickness in a patient with Alport syndrome and to qualitatively describe an unusual "stair-case" foveal sign.


METHODS
Retrospective case report.


RESULTS
This is the first case, to our knowledge, of the stair-case foveal sign. This is also the first case where choroidal thickness in a patient with Alport rsyndrome has been quantitatively described using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography.


CONCLUSIONS
Stair-case foveal sign and choroidal thinning are two new signs that clinicians can expect to encounter on optical coherence tomography imaging of patients with Alport syndrome.
Department of Ophthalmology, the James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norfolk, United Kingdom.
Nick
N
Stanojcic
Muhammad S A
MS
Raja
Ben J L
BJ
Burton
D000328:Adult; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009394:Nephritis, Hereditary / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence