RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Focal choroidal excavation: review of literature
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 1043
OP 1048
DO 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-316992
VO 105
IS 8
A1 Saurabh Verma
A1 Vinod Kumar
A1 Shorya Azad
A1 Amber Amar Bhayana
A1 Abhidnya Surve
A1 Suneel Kumar
A1 Pulak Agarwal
A1 Rohan Chawla
A1 Pradeep Venkatesh
YR 2021
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/105/8/1043.abstract
AB Focal choroidal excavation (FCE) is defined as an area of concavity in choroid detected on optical coherence tomography. These are mostly present in macular region without evidence of accompanying scleral ectasia or posterior staphyloma. Though initially considered to be congenital, increasing number of cases have been identified in association with other choroidal pathologies such as central serous choroidopathy, choroidal neovascularisation, polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, choroiditis, choroidal tumours. In this review article, we aim to elaborate on the morphology, pathogenesis and differential diagnosis of FCE and specifically discuss the spectrum of diseases with known association along with the impact of their treatment on FCE