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Case Reports
. 2022 Jun 10;13(2):441-445.
doi: 10.1159/000524296. eCollection 2022 May-Aug.

Spontaneous Resolution of Macular Edema with Abnormal Vessel Crossing near the Central Macula by Congenital Retinal Macrovessel

Rina Okamoto  1 , Kentaro Nishida  2 , Chikako Hara  2 , Taku Wakabayashi  2 , Hirokazu Sakaguchi  2   3 , Kohji Nishida  2   4
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Case Reports

Spontaneous Resolution of Macular Edema with Abnormal Vessel Crossing near the Central Macula by Congenital Retinal Macrovessel

Rina Okamoto et al. Case Rep Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

We present a case of a congenital retinal macrovessel (CRM) with spontaneous resolution of cystoid macular edema. A 39-year-old woman with sudden decreased vision in her right eye was referred to our clinic and found to have a CRM with macular edema. Her visual acuity was 20/25. A week later, the macular edema disappeared without any treatment, and her visual acuity was 20/15. We performed optical coherence tomography angiography and fluorescein angiography (FA), which revealed no obstruction of retinal flow but a slight disturbance of retinal flow near the central fovea on FA. We encountered a case of spontaneous resolution of macular edema with abnormal vessel crossing near the central macula by a CRM, and multimodal imaging was useful for investigating the pathology of the disease.

Keywords: Congenital retinal macrovessel; Fluorescein angiography; Macular edema; Multimodal imaging; Optical coherence tomography; Optical coherence tomography angiography.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Color fundus photography (a) and OCT angiography (b) show a large macrovessel extending within the vascular arcade from an inferior nasal vein, crossing the central macula above the horizontal raphe. c Macula edema is detected on OCT. OCT, optical coherence tomography.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Color fundus photography (a) and FA (b) a week later. FA shows a branch from the macrovessel without leakage, blockage, or obstruction of retinal flow. c OCT a week later shows resolution of cystoid macular edema. FA, fluorescein angiography; OCT, optical coherence tomography.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
a FA overlayed on OCT mapping. Macula edema on OCT corresponds to the area where the CRM crosses the fovea. b Macula edema area enlarged on FA. Vein branching from the CRM (blue arrow) and a retinal artery (red arrow) are crossing and compressed by the CRM (*). Both vessels are narrowing after crossing the CRM (arrowhead). FA, fluorescein angiography; OCT, optical coherence tomography; CRM, congenital retinal macrovessel.
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