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Choroid Disorder

MedGen UID:
3427
•Concept ID:
C0008521
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Choroid Disease; Choroid Diseases; Choroidal Disease; Choroidal Diseases; Disease, Choroid; Disease, Choroidal; Diseases, Choroid; Diseases, Choroidal

Definition

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the choroid. Representative examples include choroiditis, hemangioma, and melanoma. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Surgical Management of Choroidal Diseases.
Hattenbach LO, Bopp S, Strobel M, Chronopoulos A
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2021 Sep;238(9):980-987. Epub 2021 Aug 20 doi: 10.1055/a-1554-5496. PMID: 34416789
Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy: Consensus Nomenclature and Non-Indocyanine Green Angiograph Diagnostic Criteria from the Asia-Pacific Ocular Imaging Society PCV Workgroup.
Cheung CMG, Lai TYY, Teo K, Ruamviboonsuk P, Chen SJ, Kim JE, Gomi F, Koh AH, Kokame G, Jordan-Yu JM, Corvi F, Invernizzi A, Ogura Y, Tan C, Mitchell P, Gupta V, Chhablani J, Chakravarthy U, Sadda SR, Wong TY, Staurenghi G, Lee WK
Ophthalmology 2021 Mar;128(3):443-452. Epub 2020 Aug 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.08.006. PMID: 32795496
MYOPIC CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION: Diagnosis and Treatment.
Lai TY, Cheung CM
Retina 2016 Sep;36(9):1614-21. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000001227. PMID: 27482641

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Therapy

Vitamin B6 appears useful in treating choroid disorder.
Gunby P
JAMA 1980 May 9;243(18):1792-3. PMID: 7365947

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