Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Torpedo Maculopathy: A Case Report of a 9-Year-Old Girl in Albania

Abstract

Krasniqi M

Torpedo maculopathy is a rare, congenital anomaly of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) which is characterized by the appearance of a ‘torpedo�?�shaped’ lesion located temporal to the fovea. In our case a 9 years old girl on her routine eye examination was discover to have a bilateral macular RPE defect with a pointed-oval shape directed toward the foveola and hyperpigmented. OCT and Foto fundus was done to the patient and diagnoses of torpedo maculopathy was made. Regular was recommended.