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Chorioretinal scar

MedGen UID:
40279
Concept ID:
C0008512
Acquired Abnormality; Finding
Synonym: Chorioretinal scarring
SNOMED CT: Chorioretinal scar (53854005)
 
HPO: HP:0007777

Definition

Fibrous connective tissue resulting from incomplete healing of a wound (i.e., a scar) located in the choroid and retina or the eye. [from HPO]

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Vascular hyalinosis
MedGen UID:
376398
Concept ID:
C1848590
Disease or Syndrome
A rare systemic disease characterized by progressive hyalinosis involving capillaries, arterioles and small veins of the digestive tract, kidneys, and retina, associated with idiopathic cerebral calcifications, manifesting with severe diarrhea (with rectal bleeding and malabsorption), nephropathy (with renal failure and systemic hypertension), chorioretinal scarring, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Poikiloderma and premature greying of the hair may be additionally observed.

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PubMed

Finn AP, Fujino D, Lum F, Rao P
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Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) Working Group
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Etiology

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Diagnosis

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Pitta CG, Shingleton BJ, Harris PJ, Regan CD
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Therapy

Tripathy K, Chawla R, Sharma YR
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2018;26(2):239-241. Epub 2016 Aug 19 doi: 10.1080/09273948.2016.1206205. PMID: 27541084
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Theodossiadis G
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Prognosis

Golchet PR, Jampol LM, Wilson D, Yannuzzi LA, Ober M, Stroh E
Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 2006;104:108-20. PMID: 17471331Free PMC Article
Lee TC, Lee SW, Dinkin MJ, Ober MD, Beaverson KL, Abramson DH
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Clinical prediction guides

Costa CBDC, Freitas D
Int Ophthalmol 2022 Oct;42(10):3117-3127. Epub 2022 May 15 doi: 10.1007/s10792-022-02311-8. PMID: 35569052
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Ophthalmology 2004 May;111(5):992-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.08.036. PMID: 15121379
Theodossiadis GP
Albrecht Von Graefes Arch Klin Exp Ophthalmol 1981;215(3):203-8. doi: 10.1007/BF00413152. PMID: 6163370

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