2016 - 2 Issue

Case report

Punctate Inner Choroidopathy

Alexandr Stěpanov ORCID
Jan Studnička ORCID – Libor Hejsek ORCID – Jaroslava Dusová – Naďa Jirásková

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Published in Czech and Slovak Ophtalmology: 2016 - 2

Published on website: 30.04.2016

Keywords: Punctate Inner Choroidopathy (PIC), white dot syndromes

Summary

Punctate Inner Choroidopathy (PIC) is a rare idiopathic ocular inflammatory disease. It occurs mostly in young, myopic, otherwise healthy women. Symptoms of the disease include acute vision decrease associated with central and paracentral scotoma. In 80% of cases PIC occur bilaterally. We report the case of a woman at the age of twenty-five, who was treated for PIC. Due to the finding of active inflammatory deposit in the retina of the left eye and low visual acuity was recommended corticosteroid therapy with a good therapeutic effect.

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