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Punctate inner choroiditis (PIC) is an inflammatory choroiditis which occurs mainly in young women. Symptoms include blurred vision and scotomata . Yellow lesions are mainly present in the posterior pole and are between 100 and 300 micrometres in size.
Symptoms include blurred vision and scotomas. Gray-white or yellow lesions are mainly present in the posterior pole and are between 100 and 300 micrometres in size. Punctate inner choroiditis is one of the so-called White dot syndromes which come under the heading posterior uveitis.
This condition has also been identified as a common initial symptom of punctate inner choroiditis , [5] a rare retinal autoimmune disease believed to be caused by the immune system mistakenly attacking and destroying the retina. During pregnancy, new-onset photopsia is a concern for severe preeclampsia.
Multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis (MCP) is an inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, affecting the choroid, retina, and vitreous of the eye that presents asymmetrically, most often in young myopic women with photopsias, enlargement of the physiologic blind spot and decreased vision.
PCV is believed to occur due to abnormalities in the inner choroidal vessels. [3] Since it shares many similarities with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), [ 3 ] it was previously considered as a subtype of AMD, but later studies shown that PCV may be a variant of type 1 neovascularization of any origin.
The onset of ocular symptoms are usually preceded by episode of viral or flu-like symptoms such as fever, cough or sore throat (however this is not always the case). Patients can typically present erythema nodosum , livedo reticularis , bilateral uveitis , and sudden onset of marked visual loss associated with the appearance of multiple lesions ...
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