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Torpedo maculopathy: Two case reports and a literature review
S de Manuel-Triantafilo1, P Gili1, J Bañuelos Bañuelos1
1Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Madrid, España.
Case Reports:
The cases concern a 4 year-old boy and 25 year-old female with 20/20 visual acuity, who presented with a unilateral non-pigmented macular lesion, temporal to the fovea, a torpedo shaped defect in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Optical coherence tomography showed attenuation of the RPE signal, and in the second patient there proved to be a neurosensory detachment, RPE atrophy, and thinning of the retinal layers. The lesion was hypoautofluorescent and hyperfluorescent on fluorescein angiography.
Discussion:
Torpedo maculopathy is an asymptomatic characteristic lesion which should be considered in the differential diagnosis of macular lesions in children and young patients.
