BACKGROUND: There has been argument about the relationship between posterior inner choroidopathy (PIC) and acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR). METHOD: Case study. RESULTS: A 26-year-old woman was diagnosed as having PIC in the right eye in 1998. Multiple yellow-white lesions in the inner choroid and retina were found in the posterior pole of her right eye and were treated with corticosteroid therapy. In 2003, she was referred to us complaining of visual field defect in the left eye. By means of electroretinographic and static perimetric analyses, she was diagnosed as having AZOOR in the left eye. CONCLUSION: This case presents indirect evidence that PIC and AZOOR may have some common etiologic or pathogenic background.
BACKGROUND: There has been argument about the relationship between posterior inner choroidopathy (PIC) and acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR). METHOD: Case study. RESULTS: A 26-year-old woman was diagnosed as having PIC in the right eye in 1998. Multiple yellow-white lesions in the inner choroid and retina were found in the posterior pole of her right eye and were treated with corticosteroid therapy. In 2003, she was referred to us complaining of visual field defect in the left eye. By means of electroretinographic and static perimetric analyses, she was diagnosed as having AZOOR in the left eye. CONCLUSION: This case presents indirect evidence that PIC and AZOOR may have some common etiologic or pathogenic background.
Authors: Luiz H Lima; Eric Shakin; Hatice N Sen; Robert B Nussenblatt; Lawrence A Yannuzzi; Lee M Jampol; Emmett T Cunningham Journal: Retina Date: 2010-04 Impact factor: 4.256
Authors: Marion R Munk; Jesse J Jung; Kristin Biggee; William R Tucker; H Nida Sen; Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth; Amani A Fawzi; Lee M Jampol Journal: Retina Date: 2015-02 Impact factor: 4.256