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ArticleAmerican journal of ophthalmology case reports2022

Bilateral choroidal caverns in a child with pachychoroid and anxious personality.

Matteo Pederzolli, Riccardo Sacconi, Marco Battista, Francesco Bandello, Giuseppe Querques

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Article in American journal of ophthalmology case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Matteo PederzolliSchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Riccardo SacconiSchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Marco BattistaSchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Francesco BandelloSchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Giuseppe QuerquesSchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To report a case of a 7-year-old male patient with bilateral choroidal caverns (CC) and pachychoroid. Observations: During the Italian COVID-19 lockdown, a 7-year old boy presented with bilateral vision decline that had started two weeks before. Structural optical coherence tomography revealed pachychoroid and CC bilaterally. Other ocular examinations were negative. The patient had an apprehensive personality and symptoms quickly resolved when he was provided with non-prescription glasses; his visual disturbances were thus considered to be functional and factitious. Conclusions and Importance: Our patient's symptoms remind us that the distress imposed upon psychologically frail subjects by the COVID-19 pandemic may have multifaceted manifestations. The discovery of CC in a pediatric patient with healthy eyes presents us with new questions about the processes of degeneration thought to be the cause for CC. Further studies are needed to estimate the prevalence of CC in the general adult and pediatric populations, as well as in patients with chorioretinal diseases.

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Choroidal cavernsCOVID-19Optical coherence tomographyPachychoroid

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PMCPMC8968018

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