Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 18, 2026

Ex Vivo OCT-Based Multimodal Imaging of Human Donor Eyes for Research into Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Published on: May 26, 2023
The convex retina: optical coherence tomography in hypermetropic shift, without choroidal folds, from intraconal
Robert E Weir1, Sam Evans, Steven David Hajdu
1The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter EX25DW, United Kingdom. robweir@ymail.com
Abstract:
A 36-year-old female referred with improving unaided vision in her left myopic eye was found to have a left 4.5 diopter hypermetropic shift. Examination revealed a left 2 mm proptosis but was otherwise normal with no choroidal folds on fundoscopy and bilateral 6/5 corrected vision. Her visual field and B scan image were also unremarkable. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging demonstrated left-sided anterior retinal bowing with a convex retinal appearance. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) confirmed a well-circumscribed intraconal mass. The intraconal mass was successfully removed via lateral orbitotomy and confirmed as a cavernous haemangioma on histological assessment. We document these OCT findings and review published ultrasound detected scleral deformation from similar retro-orbital mass cases.
