| Literature DB >> 33552780 |
Ravi Vaniyan1, Aysha Falamarzi1, Mohamed Yusuf Shaikh1.
Abstract
Optic disc pits are rare congenital abnormalities. They are unilateral in 85% of the affected individuals. Optic disc pits occurring in the highly myopic eyes of the older adults are supposed to be acquired due to mechanical expansion of the disc from the axial elongation. High myopia is also a well described association of the optic disc pits of the congenital nature. We present a rare case of bilateral congenital optic disc pits in a 15-year-old girl having anisometropic unilateral axial myopia and the emmetropia in the fellow eye. This unique combination of the findings of unilateral high myopia in a child with bilateral congenital optic disc pits, to the best of our knowledge has not been described in the literature earlier. Our case demonstrates a scenario where two different causative factors for the optic disc pits may be present concurrently in the same instance.Entities:
Keywords: acquired; anisometropia; bilateral; congenital; high myopia; optic disc pit; pediatric
Year: 2021 PMID: 33552780 PMCID: PMC7854314 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.12463
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cureus ISSN: 2168-8184