Abstract
3/2023
vol. 125
Review paper
Image of serpiginous choroiditis in swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography – a review of the literature
- Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland
- Ophthalmology Clinic, Voivodeship Hospital, Kielce, Poland
- Department of Vitreoretinal Surgery, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
- Ophthalmology Clinic, St. John Boni Fratres Lodziensis, Lodz, Poland
- Department of Infectious Disease, Voivodeship Hospital, Kielce, Poland
KLINIKA OCZNA 2023, 125, 3: 146-150
Online publish date: 2023/10/13
Serpiginous choroiditis (SC) is a bilateral, asymmetrical choroid inflammation leading to the loss of choriocapillaris, overlying retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), and outer retina causing the severe decrease of vision. This condition was initially diagnosed in patients with tuberculosis and syphilis, while autoimmune disorders are now considered to underlie this entity. Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is compa-rable to other invasive methods such as fluorescein angiography (FA) and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) in diagnosing and monitoring the severity of the pathology mentioned above.
Keywords
optical coherence tomography angiography, serpiginous choroiditis, fluorescein angiography
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