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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. PIC is one of the so-called White Dot Syndromes.
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. The appearance of punctate (punched out) areas is at the level of the inner choroid.
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.
Chorioretinitis is an inflammation of the choroid (thin pigmented vascular coat of the eye) and retina of the eye. It is a form of posterior uveitis.Inflammation of these layers can lead to vision-threatening complications.
Punctate acrokeratoderma freckle like pigmentation; Punctate inner choroidopathy; Pure red cell aplasia; Puretic syndrome; Purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency; Purpura, Schönlein–Henoch; Purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic; Purpura; Purtilo syndrome
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.
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