Old choroiditis

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208 Old choroiditis

Instruction

Examine this patient’s fundus.

Salient features

History

• Decreased vision, floaters, red eye

• History of HIV, sarcoidosis, TB.

Examination

• Old or inactive retinochoroiditis appears as white, well-defined areas of chorioretinal atrophy with pigmented edges (caused by proliferation of retinal pigment epithelium) (Fig. 208.1B)

• The retinal blood vessels pass over the lesions undisturbed.

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