Nanophthalmos with longstanding choroidal effusion and serous retinal detachment

To report a typical case of nanophthalmos with uveal effusion and local serous retinal detachment followed for 1 year.

Clinical ocular examinations included vision, refraction, corneal diameter, anterior chamber depth, intraocular pressure, fundoscopy, A/B scan ultrasonography and gonioscopy.

Both eyes were hypermetropic with small corneas and shallow anterior chambers. Decreased axial length and thickened sclera were also found. There were peripheral choroidal effusions and local serous retinal detachments as well. The patient declined any surgery that was offered. No significant change in either eye was found after 1 year follow-up.

This case illustrates that the progress of choroidal effusion and retinal detachment in nanophthalmos may be very slow and even non-progressive for at least 1 year. In these cases sclerectomy and or sclerotomy may be delayed without undue immediate risk to the vision.