Choroidal findings in Bietti's crystalline dystrophy.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the choroidal findings in a patient with Bietti's crystalline dystrophy.


METHODS
A 43-year-old woman with Bietti's crystalline dystrophy underwent a complete ophthalmologic examination including enhanced depth imaging spectral domain optical coherence tomography and en face optical coherence tomography.


RESULTS
We observed a severe thinning of the choroid, 123 μm in the right eye and 110 μm in the left eye. Crystal deposits were found not only in the retina but also in the choroid. En face optical coherence tomography clearly showed the intraretinal crystals as small hyperreflective dots in the different retinal layers and in the choroid.


CONCLUSIONS
Our study gives new information on the aspect and the location of crystal deposits in the choroid and the abnormalities of the outer retina associated with the disease.
Department of Ophthalmology, Hopital Intercommunal de Creteil, University Paris Est, Creteil, France.
Jennyfer
J
Zerbib
Raphaëlle
R
Ores
Giuseppe
G
Querques
Rislie
R
Bouzitou-Mfoumou
Eric H
EH
Souied
D000328:Adult; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000473:pathology*; D003460:Crystallization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*