Abstract
We report an unusual finding of a split between the Bruch's membrane (BM) and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) due to a focal choroidal excavation (FCE) in a healthy young girl with sudden onset visual disturbance. She was followed up regularly for over a year with serial optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans which revealed a parafoveal conforming type of FCE. Initial retinal edema subsided in a month. No associated pathology, such as a choroidal neovascular membrane, was seen. A split was seen between the RPE and the BM on one side of the FCE, which remained unchanged. We postulate this novel finding of the split between the RPE and BM to be due to the inelasticity of the BM, causing it to separate from the RPE due to the sudden outward force exerted during the formation of an FCE.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.4103/ojo.ojo_304_22
- Journal
- Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 16(2), 347-350
- Publisher
- Medknow Publications
- Open access
- Gold open access
Cite this article
APA 7
Ratra, D., Ratra, V., & Raviselvan, M. (2023). Splitting of retinal pigment epithelium and Bruch's membrane due to a focal choroidal excavation. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 16(2), 347-350. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_304_22
MLA 9
Ratra, Dhanashree, et al. "Splitting of retinal pigment epithelium and Bruch's membrane due to a focal choroidal excavation." Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 16, no. 2, 2023, pp. 347-350. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_304_22.
Chicago (author–date)
Ratra, Dhanashree, Vineet Ratra, and Munispriyan Raviselvan. 2023. "Splitting of retinal pigment epithelium and Bruch's membrane due to a focal choroidal excavation." Oman Journal of Ophthalmology 16 (2): 347-350. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_304_22.
Harvard
Ratra, D., Ratra, V. and Raviselvan, M. (2023) 'Splitting of retinal pigment epithelium and Bruch's membrane due to a focal choroidal excavation', Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 16(2), pp. 347-350. doi:10.4103/ojo.ojo_304_22.
Vancouver
Ratra D, Ratra V, Raviselvan M. Splitting of retinal pigment epithelium and Bruch's membrane due to a focal choroidal excavation. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology. 2023;16(2):347-350. doi:10.4103/ojo.ojo_304_22
IEEE
D. Ratra, V. Ratra, and M. Raviselvan, "Splitting of retinal pigment epithelium and Bruch's membrane due to a focal choroidal excavation," Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 347-350, 2023, doi: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_304_22.