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Vol. 91. Issue 8.
Pages 400-403 (August 2016)
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Vol. 91. Issue 8.
Pages 400-403 (August 2016)
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Torpedo maculopathy: Two case reports and a literature review
Maculopatía en torpedo: presentación de 2 casos clínicos y revisión de la literatura
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S. de Manuel-Triantafilo
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, P. Gili, J. Bañuelos Bañuelos
Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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Case reports

The cases concern a 4 year-old boy and 25 year-old female with 20/20 visual acuity, who presented with a unilateral non-pigmented macular lesion, temporal to the fovea, a torpedo shaped defect in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Optical coherence tomography showed attenuation of the RPE signal, and in the second patient there proved to be a neurosensory detachment, RPE atrophy, and thinning of the retinal layers. The lesion was hypoautofluorescent and hyperfluorescent on fluorescein angiography.

Discussion

Torpedo maculopathy is an asymptomatic characteristic lesion which should be considered in the differential diagnosis of macular lesions in children and young patients.

Keywords:
Macula lutea
Retinal pigment epithelium
Optical coherence tomography
Retina
Child
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Casos clínicos

Varón de 4 años y mujer de 25 años, con agudeza visual de 1, que presentaban una lesión macular unilateral, temporal a la fóvea, hipopigmentada, en forma de torpedo. La tomografía óptica de coherencia mostraba atenuación de la señal del epitelio pigmentario (EPR), y en la mujer un desprendimiento neurosensorial, atrofia del EPR y adelgazamiento de las capas retinianas. La lesión era hipoautofluorescente e hiperfluorescente con la angiografía fluoresceínica.

Discusión

La maculopatía en torpedo es una lesión asintomática característica, a considerar en el diagnóstico diferencial de las lesiones maculares en niños o pacientes jóvenes.

Palabras clave:
Mácula lútea
Epitelio pigmentario de la retina
Tomografía óptica de coherencia
Retina
Niños

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