Pigmented Paravascular Retinochoroidal Atrophy

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By Aditya S Kelkar, MS, FRCS, FASRS,FRCOphth
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
Co-author(s): Dr. Sukanya Mondal, National Institute of Ophthalmology, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Uploaded on Mar 3, 2022.
Last modified by Joshua Friedman on Mar 4, 2022.

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Appears in: 3-Mar-2022
Condition/keywords: pigmented paravenous chorioretinal atrophy (PPCRA)
Photographer: Dr. Sukanya Mondal, National Institute of Ophthalmology, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Imaging device: Fundus camera
Zeiss Clarus 500
Description: 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.