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A CASE OF INTRARETINAL PERIPAPILLARY NEOVASCULARIZATION IN ABCA4-RELATED RETINOPATHY
Juliet O Essilfie1, An Huynh2, Michael B Gorin2
1Stein Eye Institute, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Purpose:
To report a case of ABCA4-related retinopathy and potential complications.
Methods:
The authors describe a case report of intraretinal neovascularization in a patient with ABCA4-related retinopathy and describe the multimodal retinal imaging findings.
Results:
A 49-year-old woman presents with cystoid macular edema and diffuse intraretinal and perivascular hyperpigmentation in both eyes. Genetic testing confirmed ABCA4-related retinopathy. Fluorescein angiography revealed peripapillary intraretinal neovascularization in the absence of any other identifiable retinal pathology.
Conclusion:
To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of intraretinal neovascularization-associated ABCA4-related retinopathy. Ancillary testing of ABCA4-related retinopathy with fluorescein angiography or optical coherence tomography angiography may be helpful in identifying this rare complication.
