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Multifocal Choroiditis

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Idiopathic multifocal choroiditis (MFC) is a bilateral chronic progressive inflammatory chorioretinopathy affecting predominantly myopic Caucasian women with no known associated systemic or ocular diseases. The disease is characterized by yellowish-white lesions affecting posterior pole, periphery, or both. Active disease involves the outer retinal layers and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and spares the choroid. The vision-threatening complications of the disease include macular edema, choroidal neovascularization (CNV), and punched-out scars. Although there are no standard treatments, anti-inflammatory medications are prescribed in active stages to control the inflammation along with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agents in cases with CNV.

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  1. Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University, California, USA

    Muhammad Hassan, Nam V. Nguyen, Yasir J. Sepah & Quan Dong Nguyen

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  1. Advanced Eye Center, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

  2. Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Pitié-Salpêtrière University, Paris, France

    Phuc LeHoang

  4. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Carl P Herbort Jr.

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Hassan, M., Nguyen, N.V., Sepah, Y.J., Nguyen, Q.D. (2018). Multifocal Choroiditis. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Herbort Jr., C. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_63-2

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