Choroidal atrophy

Serpentinous choroidal atrophy, also called geographic helicoids peripapilltary choroidopathy, is a chronic recurrent disease of choroidal capillaries and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in the posterior pole of the fundus. This disease was first reported by Junis as juxtapapillary choroidoretinitis, and some authors later called it geographic choroiditis, serpiginous choroiditis, or laminar choroid disease ( serpiginous choroidopathy). In 1962, Franceschetti called it the "geographic helicoid peripapillary retinochoroidal degeneration". The clinical manifestations described by different authors are chronic progressive choroidal capillaries and RPE lesions.

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