Bilateral Type 1 Idiopathic Macular Telangiectasia in a Female Patient: Multimodal Imaging of a Rare Presentation

Abstract

We report a bilateral case of type 1 idiopathic macular telangiectasia (IMT) in a female patient. A 40-year-old otherwise healthy female with gradual vision loss since 2 years ago with best-corrected visual acuity of 20/400 in both eyes was referred. Her past medical history was negative for any systemic disease including diabetes and systemic hypertension. Color fundus photography showed bilateral loss of normal foveal reflex with macular edema. Fluorescein angiography demonstrated symmetric perifoveal telangiectasia mainly in the superior and nasal macula in both eyes with late staining and leakage. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography revealed significant intraretinal fluid bilaterally and subretinal fluid in the left eye. Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) revealed obvious saccular parafoveal capillary telangiectasia and capillary dropout as well as decreased vascular density in both superficial and deep capillary plexus. Deep capillary plexus involvement in OCTA was more evident than superficial plexus. Based on the patient’s medical history and multimodal imaging, the diagnosis of bilateral IMT type 1 was made. The patient underwent 5 intravitreal monthly injection of bevacizumab in both eyes, which resulted in macular edema resolution. However, after 3 months of discontinuation of intravitreal bevacizumab, macular edema relapsed. In conclusion, type 1 IMT can occur bilaterally in an otherwise healthy female patient as a very rare presentation. To the best of our knowledge, this case is the 4th case of bilateral type 1 IMT reported in a female.

Keywords

• idiopathic macular telangiectasia type 1
• mac tel
• telangectasia
• bilateral
• female
• optical coherence tomography angiography