title: Natural course of symptomatic focal choroidal excavation.
abstract: A 32-year-old man was referred to the authors' department for nonspecified macular dystrophy with persistent metamorphopsia in the right eye diagnosed 10 years before and followed using optical coherence tomography. The patient underwent a comprehensive ocular examination, including multimodal imaging evaluation and electrofunctional testing. The diagnosis was consistent with nonconforming focal choroid excavation. Over 10 years, no complications occurred, visual acuity was stable, and optical coherence tomography showed no progression of the lesion during follow-up. In this case, nonconforming symptomatic focal choroid excavation was a nonprogressive condition with good long-term visual outcome.
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pierro
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Casalino
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Introini
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gagliardi
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sergenti
authors.forename: Maria Lucia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cascavilla
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bandello
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002829:Choroid / Q000002:abnormalities*; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004596:Electroretinography; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology