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Resolution of Punctate Inner Choroidopathy Lesions With Oral Prednisone Therapy
Rose M. Brueggeman, MD;
Amy S. Noffke, MD;
Lee M. Jampol, MD
Chicago, Ill
Arch Ophthalmol. 2002;120:996.
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A 27-YEAR-OLD woman presented with a 2-week history of decreased visual
acuity and central photopsia of the right eye. She was in good health, and
her ocular history was significant only for moderate myopia.
Best-corrected visual acuity on presentation was 20/400 OD and 20/20
OS. Fundus examination revealed a flat, pigmented subfoveal lesion with multiple
chorioretinal scars clustered in the right macula (Figure 1). Results of examination of the left fundus were normal.
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Figure 1. Multiple, round, yellow spots
cluster around a pigmented lesion in the right macula.
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Fluorescein angiography showed early hyperfluorescence with late staining
of the lesions (Figure 2). No choroidal
neovascularization was seen.
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Figure 2. Early hyperfluorescence with staining
of the lesions is seen on fluorescein angiography.
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She was given the diagnosis of punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC) and
started prednisone therapy, . . . [Full Text of this Article] COMMENT
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