Multimodal imaging of pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy

Eur J Ophthalmol. 2022 Jan;32(1):NP125-NP129. doi: 10.1177/1120672120965489. Epub 2020 Oct 23.

Abstract

Aim: To describe the multimodal imaging findings of pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy.

Methods: A 23-year-old female presented to us for a routine ocular examination. She had a best-corrected visual acuity of 6/6 in both eyes. Anterior segment examination was unremarkable. Fundus examination showed pigmentary changes along the retinal vasculature extending from mid periphery to post-equatorial retina suggesting a diagnosis of pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy. Swept-source optical coherence tomography of the macula showed choriocapillaris thinning at the mid periphery whereas coherence tomography angiography at the mid periphery showed a relatively normal choriocapillaris vasculature in the early stage of the disease.

Conclusion: A relatively normal choriocapillaris structure was seen on ocular coherence tomography angiography which could have been due to a milder form of the disease in a young patient.

Keywords: PPCRA; PPRCA; Pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy; ocular coherence tomography angiography; pigmented paravenous chorioretinal atrophy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Atrophy / pathology
  • Choroid / pathology
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Humans
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Retinal Degeneration* / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Young Adult