Author/Authors :
Oltulu, Refik Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi - Meram Tıp Fakültesi - Göz Hastalıkları AD, Türkiye , Erşan, İsmail Ministry of Health - Aksaray State Hospital - Department of Ophthalmology, Turkey , Şatirtav, Günhal Necmettin Erbakan University - Meram School of Medicine - Department of Ophthalmology, Turkey , Okka, Mehmet Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi - Meram Tıp Fakültesi - Göz Hastalıkları AD, Türkiye
Abstract :
Optic disc pits occur in less than 1 in 10.000. Approximately 50% of cases of congenital optic disc pits are associated with serous macular detachment. Long-standing serous detachments are usually associated with cystic degeneration of the macula and loss of pigment from the underlying retinal pigment epithelium. Hence, most eyes with serous macular detachment associated with an optic disc pit have a relatively poor visual prognosis. We represent a 9-year-old girl with a right optic disc pit associated with serous retinal detachment of the macula. Our experience underline that clinicians must be vigilant about the assessment of optic disc pit and furthermore in the diagnosis of optic disc pit, careful and close ophthalmologic examination for macular detachment is recommended for early diagnosis.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Coloboma , macular degeneration , optic nerve , retinal detachment
