PARACENTRAL ACUTE MIDDLE MACULOPATHY IN CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION COMPLICATING AMYLOID LIGHT-CHAIN AMYLOIDOSIS

To describe a case of paracentral acute middle maculopathy associated with central retinal vein occlusion in a patient affected by amyloid light-chain amyloidosis.

One patient with confirmed diagnosis of amyloid light-chain amyloidosis, displaying paracentral acute middle maculopathy and central retinal vein occlusion, was recruited. The patient underwent complete ophthalmologic examination and multimodal imaging, including: fundus autofluorescence, fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography, and optical coherence tomography angiography.

Fundus autofluorescence showed a ferning pattern, corresponding to linear hypofluorescence in late-phase indocyanine green angiography and delayed venous filling, detected by fluorescein angiography. Structural optical coherence tomography revealed a hyper-reflective line located in the outer plexiform layer, corresponding to the prominent middle limiting membrane, along with several placoid lesions. Optical coherence tomography angiography found that the superficial capillary plexus was preserved, whereas vessel density was reduced in both the deep capillary plexus and the choriocapillaris. After 1 year of follow-up, the patient achieved an almost complete morphological recovery.

Multimodal imaging described in depth the morphological features of a case of combined paracentral acute middle maculopathy and central retinal vein occlusion in a patient affected by amyloid light-chain amyloidosis.