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Laura A Torrado-Cobian1, George D Fivgas2
1Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Division, Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Medicine, 533 Bolivar Street, Room 451B, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
Background:
To report a case of Optic Disc Pit (ODP) maculopathy exacerbated during pregnancy.
Case Presentation:
A 30-year-old female developed unilateral blurry vision at 10-weeks gestation. Ophthalmic examination revealed left eye reduced visual acuity (VA) with the presence of subretinal fluid temporal to the disc extending to the fovea. On Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) subretinal, and intraretinal fluid was confirmed. Laser photocoagulation was tried in an attempt to prevent surgical intervention without success; subsequently, pars plana vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane peel and gas tamponade was performed. Three-weeks later, a full thickness macular hole developed, and repeat surgery was performed. Nine-months after the second surgery the macular hole was closed with near complete resorption of edema.
Conclusions:
No trigger factors for ODP maculopathy have been reported before. We report a case of worsening ODP maculopathy during pregnancy with good visual outcome after surgical intervention.
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