Punctate inner choroidopathy

R C Watzke; A J Packer; J C Folk; W E Benson; D Burgess; R R Ober

doi:10.1016/0002-9394(84)90243-5

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Punctate inner choroidopathy

R C Watzke, A J Packer, J C Folk, W E Benson, D Burgess and R R Ober

American journal of ophthalmology, Vol.98(5), pp.572-584

11/1984

DOI: 10.1016/0002-9394(84)90243-5

PMID: 6208783

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Abstract

Ten moderately myopic women had blurred vision, light flashes, or paracentral scotomas associated with small yellow-white lesions of the inner choroid and pigment epithelium. Most lesions had an overlying serous detachment, were hyperfluorescent, and leaked fluorescein during the acute phase. The lesions healed into atrophic scars and became progressively more pigmented with time. Subretinal neovascular membranes later developed from scars in six patients. Vision was usually only minimally affected unless the lesions were subfoveal or unless choroidal neovascular membranes subsequently occurred. Extensive laboratory studies were noncontributory.

Radiography

Neovascularization, Pathologic - diagnosis

Humans

Choroid

Uveal Diseases - diagnosis

Neovascularization, Pathologic - diagnostic imaging

Retinal Detachment - diagnostic imaging

Pigment Epithelium of Eye

Retinal Detachment - diagnosis

Uveal Diseases - diagnostic imaging

Myopia - diagnosis

Adult

Female

Fluorescein Angiography

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Title: Subtitle: Punctate inner choroidopathy
Creators: R C Watzke
A J Packer
J C Folk
W E Benson
D Burgess
R R Ober
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: American journal of ophthalmology, Vol.98(5), pp.572-584
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9394(84)90243-5
PMID: 6208783
ISSN: 0002-9394
eISSN: 1879-1891
Language: English
Date published: 11/1984
Academic Unit: Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Record Identifier: 9983980042202771

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