A Case of Serpiginous Choroiditis Beginning in the Posterior Pole.

Song, Byung Joo; Choe, Joon Kiu

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1989;30(2):315-320.
Published online February 1, 1989.

A Case of Serpiginous Choroiditis Beginning in the Posterior Pole.

Byung Joo Song, Joon Kiu Choe

Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.

망막 후극부에서 발생한 포행성 맥락막염 1 예

송병주(Byung Joo Song),최준규(Joon Kiu Choe)

Abstract

Serpiginous choroiditis is a chronic. progressive, recurrent, and usually bilateral disease involving the choriocapillaris, retinal pigment epithelium, and retina. This disease classically involves the juxtapapillary retina and extends outward in a pseudopodial fashion. We report a case of serpiginous choroiditis beginning in the posterior pole without initial peripapillary lesion, and extending toward the optic disc. The fluorescein angiogram of the lesion showed hypofluorescence in the early phase and hyperfluorescence in the late phase, and the progression of the lesion with time.

Key Words: Serpiginous Choroiditis;Geographic Choroidopathy;Geographic Helicoid Peri popillary Choroidopathy(GHPC)