Optic disc edema due to peripapillary choroidal neovascularization

Naa Naamuah Tagoe; Rahul A Sharma; Valérie Biousse

doi:10.4103/tjo.tjo_77_20

Optic disc edema due to peripapillary choroidal neovascularization

Taiwan J Ophthalmol. 2021 Jan 20;11(1):93-96. doi: 10.4103/tjo.tjo_77_20. eCollection 2021 Jan-Mar.

Authors

Naa Naamuah Tagoe¹, Rahul A Sharma², Valérie Biousse^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Lions International Eye Centre, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Abstract

A 35-year-old myopic woman developed right-eye optic disc edema with normal visual function. The presence of a subtle crescent-shaped peripapillary subretinal hemorrhage in addition to the disc edema raised concern for a peripapillary choroidal neovascular membrane, which was confirmed by enhanced depth optical coherence tomography.

Keywords: Choroidal neovascularization; myopia; optic nerve; optic nerve diseases; optical coherence tomography; papilledema.

Publication types

Case Reports