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Isolated foveal hypoplasia
Giuseppe Querques1, Francesco Prascina, Cristiana Iaculli
1Department of Ophthalmology, Policlinico Riuniti di Foggia, University of Foggia, Viale Pinto 1, Foggia, Italy. giuseppe.querques@hotmail.it
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.
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