PURPOSE: To describe a patient with isolated foveal hypoplasia. METHODS: A 55-year-old man with the clinical suspicion of foveal hypoplasia was given a complete ophthalmological examination, including optical coherence tomography (OCT), fluorescein angiography (FA) and fundus-related perimetry (FRP). Mutation screening for oculocutaneous albinism and aniridia was also performed, but the results were negative for both. RESULTS: Following a complete ophthalmological examination and genetic studies, we were able to confirm the clinical suspicion of isolated foveal hypoplasia in this otherwise healthy patient. CONCLUSIONS: With this report we want to highlight the roles of OCT, FA and FRP in the diagnosis of such a singular condition as isolated foveal hypoplasia.
PURPOSE: To describe a patient with isolated foveal hypoplasia. METHODS: A 55-year-old man with the clinical suspicion of foveal hypoplasia was given a complete ophthalmological examination, including optical coherence tomography (OCT), fluorescein angiography (FA) and fundus-related perimetry (FRP). Mutation screening for oculocutaneous albinism and aniridia was also performed, but the results were negative for both. RESULTS: Following a complete ophthalmological examination and genetic studies, we were able to confirm the clinical suspicion of isolated foveal hypoplasia in this otherwise healthy patient. CONCLUSIONS: With this report we want to highlight the roles of OCT, FA and FRP in the diagnosis of such a singular condition as isolated foveal hypoplasia.
Authors: C C Ton; H Hirvonen; H Miwa; M M Weil; P Monaghan; T Jordan; V van Heyningen; N D Hastie; H Meijers-Heijboer; M Drechsler Journal: Cell Date: 1991-12-20 Impact factor: 41.582