1962
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9394(62)91180-7
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Congenital Pits in the Optic Disc with Acquired Macular Pathology

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“…Vazamento de líquido dos vasos da base da fosseta (6) , vítreo liquefeito (4,7) líquido cefalorraquidiano (5) foram sugeridos como possíveis fontes.…”
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“…Vazamento de líquido dos vasos da base da fosseta (6) , vítreo liquefeito (4,7) líquido cefalorraquidiano (5) foram sugeridos como possíveis fontes.…”
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“…Tipicamente, está localizada no setor temporal do disco óptico, embora possa estar em qualquer localização (2)(3) . A acuidade visual é boa e permanece inalterada, a menos que ocorra um descolamento seroso da mácula secundariamente (2) , o qual acontece em 25-75% dos casos (1,(4)(5) . O descolamento caracteristicamente se estende do disco óptico, nas vizinhanças da fosseta, e geralmente tem a forma de uma gota, com a parte mais estreita próxima ao disco óptico e se alargando em direção à mácula.…”
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“…Gass 3 proposed cerebrospinal fluid as the source of fluid whereas Sugar 4 suggested liquefied vitreous to be the source.…”
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“…Over 300 cases of optic disc pits have been published since the anomaly was first mentioned in the literature by Wiethe [1882], The appearance of a pit and its com plications, notably macular edema [/?m, 1908], have been described in relatively large series [Vogeland Wessing, 1974], and these complications are known to occur in about one third of all cases of optic disc pits [Sugar, 1962[Sugar, , 1967, The fluorescein-angiographic appearance of complicated pits has not been uniformly described by all authors. Some publications stress an increased fluorescein leakage in the edematous retina adjacent to the pit [Gordon and Chatjield, 1969], whereas others have found no dye extrava sation whatsoever [Gass, 1969;Cordier et al, 1970], Treatment by light coagulation has been disappointing and is usually not recommended [Vogel and Wessing, 1974], although isolated case reports have shown encouraging results [Jack, 1969;Sarraux and Le François, 1977].…”
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