MULTIFOCAL CHOROIDITIS - CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION

Authors
DUNLOP AAS CREE IA HAGUE S LUTHERT PJ LIGHTMAN S
Citation
Aas. Dunlop et al., MULTIFOCAL CHOROIDITIS - CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION, Archives of ophthalmology, 116(6), 1998, pp. 801-803
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Archives of ophthalmology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039950
Volume
116
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
801 - 803
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9950(1998)116:6<801:MC-CC>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Many of the white dot syndromes are considered to have a granulomatous pathogenesis. The histopathologic characteristics of this case of mul tifocal choroiditis seen within 15 months of apparent clinical onset s how that the white dot lesions were nongranulomatous perivascular chor oidal infiltrates, consisting mainly of B lymphocytes. Early choroidal neovascularization was also seen.