Table 1. Summary of the patient demographics, clinical features, and investigation findings for the patients in our case series.
Eye no | Age/ Sex | Refractive error | Presenting symptom | BCVA | Fundus appearance | Primary diagnosis | Conforming/ Non-conforming | ELM and IS/OS junction | Location | Depth (μm) | Width (μm) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 65/F | −7.25 | Metamorphopsia | 0.2 | ERM | ERM | Conforming | Normal | Subfoveal | 61 | 540 |
2 | 20/M | −4.5 | Blurring of vision; metamorphopsia | 0.25 | RPE mottling | Central serous chorioretinopathy | Non-conforming | Normal | Subfoveal | 178 | 874 |
3 | 61/M | −1.75 | Blurring of vision | 0.5 | Parafoveal fusiform lesion | Choroidal neovascularization | Two conforming choroidal excavations. | Normal | Juxtafoveal | Large lesion 212 | Large lesion 514 |
Normal | Small lesion 36 | Small lesion 178 | |||||||||
4 | 57/M | −3 | Blurring of vision | 0.5 | PED, subretinal bleed, subretinal fluid | Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy | Conforming | Disrupted | Juxtafoveal | 91 | 614 |
5 | 55/F | −4 | Metamorphopsia | 0.2 | PED and RPE atrophy corresponding to area of FCE | Dry age-related macular degeneration | Conforming | Disrupted | Extrafoveal | 49 | 331 |
6 | 67/M | −1 | Blurring of vision | 0.15 | Drusen | Dry age-related macular degeneration | Conforming | Disrupted | Juxtafoveal | 114 | 720 |
7 | 60/M | −4.5 | Blurring of vision | 0.1 | ERM | ERM | Two overlapping conforming excavations | Normal | Juxtafoveal | 120 | 885 |
8 | 70/M | −0.5 | Blurring of vision | 0.5 | PED and subretinal fluid | Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy | Conforming | Normal | Extrafoveal | 487 | 87 |
9 | 75/F | — | Blurring of vision | 0.5 | Orange nodule, exudation, preretinal hemorrhage | Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy | Two overlapping conforming excavations | Disrupted | Subfoveal | 115 | 1212 |
10 | 39/F | −2.5 | Asymptomatic | 0.2 | PED (>1 disc diameter away from FCE) | PED | Conforming | Normal | Juxtafoveal | 100 | 446 |
a11 | 56/F | −7.0 | Asymptomatic | 0.2 | RPE mottling | — | Conforming | Disrupted | Subfoveal | 147 | 776 |
a12 | 56/F | −6.5 | Asymptomatic | 0.2 | RPE mottling | — | Conforming | Normal | Juxtafoveal | 141 | 514 |
Abbreviations: ERM, epiretinal membrane; ELM, external limiting membrane; FCE, focal choroidal excavation; IS/OS, inner segment/outer segment; PED, pigment epithelial detachment; RPE, retinal pigment epithelium.
Bilateral focal choroidal excavation in the same patient.