Aditya S Kelkar, MS, FRCS, FASRS,FRCOphth » 3-Mar-2022

  • 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)