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Pigmented Paravascular Retinochoroidal Atrophy
Mar 3 2022 by Aditya S Kelkar, MS, FRCS, FASRS,FRCOphth
Colour fundus photograph of a 32-year-old male patient presenting with gradual progressive loss of vision in both eyes of 16 years’ duration with no family history of inherited ocular diseases, showing bone-spicule pigmentation and retinochoroidal atrophy along the retinal veins in both eyes. This patient was diagnosed with Pigmented Paravenous Retinochoroidal Atrophy, a rare form of pigmentary retinochoroidal disease more commonly affecting the paravascular fundus.
Photographer: Dr. Sukanya Mondal, National Institute of Ophthalmology, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Imaging device: Zeiss Clarus 500
Condition/keywords: pigmented paravenous chorioretinal atrophy (PPCRA)