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Congenital Retinal Macrovessel Without Any Ophthalmic Complications: A Case Report

Congenital retinal macrovessels (CRMs) are a rare entity. They are usually unilateral, abnormally large, and aberrant vessels. Although the majority of the patients are asymptomatic, CRMs may affect vision if they are associated with pigmentary changes at the macula, foveolar cysts, central serous r...

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Autores principales: Natarajan, Vijaya, Mathew, Sonia, Balaji, Adhithya N, Ahirrao-Mutta, Jayshree
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37791143
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44500
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author Natarajan, Vijaya
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Ahirrao-Mutta, Jayshree
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description Congenital retinal macrovessels (CRMs) are a rare entity. They are usually unilateral, abnormally large, and aberrant vessels. Although the majority of the patients are asymptomatic, CRMs may affect vision if they are associated with pigmentary changes at the macula, foveolar cysts, central serous retinopathy, macular hemorrhage, or if the macrovessel crosses the fovea. Here, we present the case of a young female who came for a routine ophthalmological evaluation. She was asymptomatic, and the macrovessel was an incidental finding. Visual acuity and slit lamp examination were normal, and dilated fundus evaluation was normal except for CRM in the right eye. Optical coherence tomography angiography imaging helped visualize the depth of the vessel and the analysis of the architecture of the foveal avascular zone.
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spelling pubmed-105444822023-10-03 Congenital Retinal Macrovessel Without Any Ophthalmic Complications: A Case Report Natarajan, Vijaya Mathew, Sonia Balaji, Adhithya N Ahirrao-Mutta, Jayshree Cureus Ophthalmology Congenital retinal macrovessels (CRMs) are a rare entity. They are usually unilateral, abnormally large, and aberrant vessels. Although the majority of the patients are asymptomatic, CRMs may affect vision if they are associated with pigmentary changes at the macula, foveolar cysts, central serous retinopathy, macular hemorrhage, or if the macrovessel crosses the fovea. Here, we present the case of a young female who came for a routine ophthalmological evaluation. She was asymptomatic, and the macrovessel was an incidental finding. Visual acuity and slit lamp examination were normal, and dilated fundus evaluation was normal except for CRM in the right eye. Optical coherence tomography angiography imaging helped visualize the depth of the vessel and the analysis of the architecture of the foveal avascular zone. Cureus 2023-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10544482/ /pubmed/37791143 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44500 Text en Copyright © 2023, Natarajan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Ophthalmology
Natarajan, Vijaya
Mathew, Sonia
Balaji, Adhithya N
Ahirrao-Mutta, Jayshree
Congenital Retinal Macrovessel Without Any Ophthalmic Complications: A Case Report
title Congenital Retinal Macrovessel Without Any Ophthalmic Complications: A Case Report
title_full Congenital Retinal Macrovessel Without Any Ophthalmic Complications: A Case Report
title_fullStr Congenital Retinal Macrovessel Without Any Ophthalmic Complications: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Congenital Retinal Macrovessel Without Any Ophthalmic Complications: A Case Report
title_short Congenital Retinal Macrovessel Without Any Ophthalmic Complications: A Case Report
title_sort congenital retinal macrovessel without any ophthalmic complications: a case report
topic Ophthalmology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37791143
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44500
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