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The majority of individuals affected with white dot syndromes are younger than fifty years of age. Some symptoms include blurred vision and visual field loss. [2] There are many theories for the etiology of white dot syndromes including infectious, viral, genetics and autoimmune. Classically recognized white dot syndromes include: [3]
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. PIC is one of the so-called White Dot Syndromes.
In some of these cases, the presentation in the eye is characteristic of a described syndrome, which are called white dot syndromes, and include the following diagnoses: acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy; birdshot chorioretinopathy; multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis; multiple evanescent white dot syndrome
It occurs equally between men and women with a male to female ratio of 1.2:1. Mean onset age is 27, but has been seen in people aged 16 to 40. [1] It is known to occur after or concurrently with a systemic infection (but not always), showing that it is related generally to an altered immune system. Recurrent episodes can happen, but are ...
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Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) is an inflammatory retinopathy in the category of white dot syndromes typified by acute loss of one or more zones of outer retinal function associated with photopsia, minimal funduscopic changes and abnormal electroretinography findings. [1] [2]
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Wet lung syndrome in newborn; WHIM syndrome; White dog shaker syndrome; White dot syndromes; White spot syndrome; White-nose syndrome; Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome; Wiedemann–Rautenstrauch syndrome; Wildervanck syndrome; Williams syndrome; Williams–Campbell syndrome; Wilson's temperature syndrome; Wilson–Mikity syndrome; Wilson–Turner ...