OPHTHALMIC IMAGE
Year : 2019 | Volume
: 67 | Issue : 8 | Page : 1347-
Bilateral focal choroidal excavation in high myopia
Vinod Kumar, Srikanta Kumar Padhy, T Nithya Bhai, Shorya V Azad Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Dr. Vinod Kumar Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi India
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Kumar V, Padhy SK, Bhai T N, Azad SV. Bilateral focal choroidal excavation in high myopia.Indian J Ophthalmol 2019;67:1347-1347
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A 49-year-old male with high myopia (−7D in OD and − 8D in OS) had localized hypopigmented area in OU [Figure 1]a and [Figure 1]b, arrow], which were seen as conforming focal choroidal excavation (FCE) on optical coherence tomography [Figure 1]c and [Figure 1]d. FCE, a recently described entity, is diagnosed on optical coherence tomography as one or more areas of focal depressions in the choroid in the absence of posterior staphyloma or scleral ectasia.[1] Recent studies have labeled it as a manifestation of pachychoroid spectrum[2] though it has been described in the setting of high myopia (where choroid is thin) as well.[3],[4] This report highlights that better knowledge of this entity may result in its more frequent recognition.{Figure 1}
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