Title Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Exudative Hemorrhagic Chorioretinopathy (PEHCR) Abstract Text A patient who presents for routine eye exam has an incidental finding of subretinal hemorrhage and final diagnosis of PEHCR. This case report discusses characteristic signs and differential diagnoses of this rare condition.Text A patient who presents for routine eye exam has an incidental ...

Dear Editor: I read with interest the article by Campos et al. on optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings in congenital Zika virus infection or congenital Zika syndrome (CZS). Six months after the onset of a Zika virus outbreak, there was an unusual 20-fold increase in microcephaly cases in newborns in Brazil. Ventura et al. were the first to report ocular involvement in CZS in the form of ...

OBJECTIVE To describe a large family with a novel mutation in CHM. METHODS Family members were characterized using clinical examination, wide-field fundus photography, wide-field autofluorescence, and spectral domain optical coherence tomography. The CHM mutation was identified with the National Institutes of Health-sponsored eyeGene program. RESULTS A novel nonsense CHM mutation (T1194G), ...

AIM: To investigate the association of axial length (AL) and ocular factors on AL elongation. METHODS: A retrospective chart review patients who underwent two or more examinations for than years. Totally 4 groups were divided according to initial (<24 mm, 24-26 26-28 ≥28 mm). Initial fundus photograph was used find risk associated RESULTS: The mean age 47.21±7.79y. remained almost unchanged ...

A 68-year-old woman presented to our clinic with a 1-month history of central scotoma and visual loss in her right eye. The best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was hand motion in her right eye. Fundus examination showed myopic chorioretinal degeneration in association with posterior staphyloma and the retina was slightly elevated throughout the macula. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) reveale...

CONTEXT The autosomal recessive form of microcephaly-chorioretinopathy syndrome is a rare genetic condition that is considered to be an important differential diagnosis with congenital toxoplasmosis. CASE REPORT Our patient was a seven-year-old white boy who was initially diagnosed with congenital toxoplasmosis. However, his serological tests for congenital infections, including toxoplasmosis...

The eye manifestations of intrauterine infections are multiple, but chorioretinal scars and/or active chorioretinitis are the most frequently reported. When associated with other systemic manifestations of the infection, the diagnosis becomes more obvious, but when eye involvement is the only abnormality, etiology often remains uncertain. We are presenting the case of an 8-year-old female patie...