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IDIOPATHIC MULTIFOCAL CHOROIDITIS WITH SERPIGINOUS-LIKE PERIPAPILLARY CHORIORETINAL ATROPHY

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We describe nine atypical cases of multifocal choroiditis with serpiginous-like peripapillary chorioretinal atrophy. Purpose: To report nine cases of multifocal choroiditis with serpiginous-like peripapillary chorioretinal atrophy. Methods: A retrospective observational… Click to show full abstract

We describe nine atypical cases of multifocal choroiditis with serpiginous-like peripapillary chorioretinal atrophy. Purpose: To report nine cases of multifocal choroiditis with serpiginous-like peripapillary chorioretinal atrophy. Methods: A retrospective observational case series of eyes with multifocal choroiditis with serpiginous-like peripapillary chorioretinal atrophy. Multimodal imaging findings were reviewed and presented. Results: Fifteen eyes of 9 patients (6 women and 3 men), with a mean age of 48.1 years (median, 46 years; range, 23–74 years), presented with multifocal choroiditis serpiginous-like peripapillary chorioretinal atrophy. All 15 eyes presented with serpiginoid peripapillary changes and had discrete patches of atrophy or punched-out scars in the posterior pole or periphery. Eleven eyes (73.3%) had cone-shaped retinal pigment epithelium elevations on optical coherence tomography, 10 eyes (66.7%) had mild vitritis, and 4 eyes (26.7%) had peripheral curvilinear streak lesions. Three eyes (20%) had choroidal neovascularization. All patients responded well to treatment with systemic immunosuppression, local corticosteroid injections, and/or intravitreal anti–vascular endothelial growth factor injections. Conclusion: Multifocal choroiditis may present with peripapillary chorioretinal changes resembling a serpiginous-like choroiditis in addition to the classic findings of patches of atrophy or punched-out scars in the posterior pole or periphery, cone-shaped retinal pigment epithelium elevated on optical coherence tomography and peripheral curvilinear streak lesions.

Keywords: chorioretinal atrophy; choroiditis serpiginous; peripapillary chorioretinal; serpiginous like; multifocal choroiditis; like peripapillary

Journal Title: Retina
Year Published: 2022

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