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Arch Ophthalmol. 2002;120:512-516.

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Several conditions have been described as having a retinal leopard-spot pattern.^1-6 We report a similar pattern, observed in 1 eye each of 4 young patients (Figure 1), and discuss how this condition is distinct from previously described lesions; in 2 cases, these leopard-spot lesions were associated with choroidal neovascularization (CNV).

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 1. Fundus photograph of the posterior pole of cases 1 (A), 2 (B), 3 (C), and 4 (D). Round lesions with peripheral dark dots result in a leopard-spot pattern. The lesions are located at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and include fibrosis, hyperplastic changes of the RPE at the periphery, and thinning and atrophy of the RPE at the center.

Report of Cases

Case 1

A 34-year-old man was seen because of metamorphopsia. Visual acuity was 20/20 OU. Medical history and slitlamp examination findings were unremarkable. Findings from right fundus examination were normal. Left fundus examination disclosed a round . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Comment
Corresponding author and reprints: Salomon Y. Cohen, MD, Centre Ophtalmologique d'Imagerie et de Laser, 11 rue Antoine Bourdelle, 75015 Paris, France (e-mail: sycohen@club-internet.fr).