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Cystoid Macular Edema in Bietti's Crystalline Retinopathy
Ali Osman Saatci1, Hasan Can Doruk1, Aylin Yaman1
1Department of Ophthalmology, Dokuz Eylul University, Mithatpasa Caddesi, 35300 Izmir, Turkey.
Abstract:
A 27-year-old man with progressive bilateral visual decline was diagnosed to have Bietti's crystalline dystrophy (BCD). Fluorescein angiography revealed bilateral petaloid type late hyperfluorescence implicating concurrent cystoid macular edema (CME). Optical coherence tomography exhibited cystoid foveal lacunas OU. During the follow-up of six years, intraretinal crystals reduced in amount but CME persisted angiographically and tomographically. CME is among the rare macular features of BCD including subfoveal sensorial detachment, subretinal neovascular membrane, and macular hole.

