PSEUDODOUBLING OF OPTIC DISC WITH BILATERAL SERPIGINOUS CHOROIDITIS AND MACULAR CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARISATION- A CASE REPORT
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 39
Abstract
PRESENTATION OF CASE We present here a case of pseudodoubling of the optic diska spectacular and rare clinical presentation. Of additional interest is that this case also includes another rare presentation, which is serpiginous choroiditis associated with choroidal neovascularisation. Patient was given a course of oral prednisolone and planned for intravitreal anti-VEGF. Poor visual prognosis has been explained.
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Shrinkhal Shrinkhal, Virendra Pratap Singh
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