Migration of an outer retinal element in a healthy child followed by longitudinal multimodal imaging

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
Marie Elise Wistrup TormSimon Paul Rothenbuehler

Abstract

To describe the migration of an outer retinal element using longitudinal multimodal imaging. In the retina of a healthy 7-year-old girl, movement of a hyperreflective element of 15 μm extent was seen using optical coherence tomography (OCT), confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (cSLO), and adaptive optics fundus photography (AO). On the OCT B-scan, the element initially appeared at the level of the outer limiting membrane with an umbra reaching the retinal pigment epithelium from where it gradually diminished and disappeared over 33 days. A corresponding disruption of the photoreceptor pattern on AO diminished over 52 days. This non-invasive observation of an isolated, cell-sized, migrating element in the human retina was made in vivo in the absence of confounding retinal disease or similar nearby elements. Based on prior preclinical observations we hypothesize that such a migrating element could be a macrophage. The case provides information about the time-scale and resolution needed for the monitoring of infiltrative processes in the retina.

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