RETINAL TELANGIECTASIA ASSOCIATED WITH OPTIC DISK PIT MACULOPATHY

To report a case of optic pit maculopathy with retinoschisis-like edema with a rare finding of retinal telangiectasia.

Retrospective case report.

A 22-year-old white man with a right optic pit presented with blurry vision and was found to have optic pit maculopathy with retinoschisis-like macular edema and retinal telangiectasia along the superior-temporal arcade. The patient underwent pars plana vitrectomy with separation of posterior vitreous and inner retinal fenestration. Upon follow-up, retinal telangiectasia was resolved and retinoschisis-like edema was mostly resolved 2 years after surgery.

Retinal telangiectasia seen in optic disk maculopathy may be secondary to ischemia induced by the intense stretching of the superficial vascular plexus in the inner retina because of macular edema. In our patient, when traction was relieved following surgical intervention, there was remodeling of the superficial vascular plexus that allowed for resolution of the retinal telangiectasia.