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Atypical retinochoroidal coloboma in patients with dysplastic optic discs and transsphenoidal encephalocele
M C Brodsky1, W F Hoyt, C S Hoyt
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
Objective:
To evaluate the clinical significance of V- or tongue-shaped infrapapillary retinochoroidal depigmentation in association with dysplastic optic discs.
Methods:
Clinical data from all patients with V- or tongue-shaped infrapapillary retinochoroidal depigmentation and dysplastic optic discs were evaluated retrospectively.
Results:
Five patients with this atypical colobomatous anomaly had transsphenoidal encephalocele. A sixth patient had an ectopic midline pharyngeal mass with no skull-base defect.
Conclusion:
In patients with optic disc dysplasias, the finding of this V- or tongue-shaped retinochoroidal pigmentary anomaly should prompt neuroimaging to look for transsphenoidal encephalocele.