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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
Ophthalmol Retina 2022 Feb;6(2):130-138. Epub 2021 Jun 4 doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2021.05.015. PMID: 34091079
Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) Working Group
Am J Ophthalmol 2021 Aug;228:134-141. Epub 2021 May 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2021.03.042. PMID: 33845002Free PMC Article
Vasconcelos-Santos DV, Dodds EM, Oréfice F
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2011 Jun;19(3):171-9. doi: 10.3109/09273948.2011.581407. PMID: 21595533

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Etiology

Moussa G, Mathews N, Makhzoum O, Park DY
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina 2022 Feb;53(2):87-95. Epub 2022 Feb 1 doi: 10.3928/23258160-20220121-02. PMID: 35148215
Finn AP, Fujino D, Lum F, Rao P
Ophthalmol Retina 2022 Feb;6(2):130-138. Epub 2021 Jun 4 doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2021.05.015. PMID: 34091079
Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) Working Group
Am J Ophthalmol 2021 Aug;228:134-141. Epub 2021 May 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2021.03.042. PMID: 33845002Free PMC Article
Blumenkranz MS, Gass JD, Clarkson JG
Arch Ophthalmol 1982 Nov;100(11):1773-5. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1982.01030040753008. PMID: 6182866
Fetkenhour CL, Hauch TL
Am J Ophthalmol 1980 May;89(5):662-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(80)90285-8. PMID: 7377263

Diagnosis

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
Finn AP, Fujino D, Lum F, Rao P
Ophthalmol Retina 2022 Feb;6(2):130-138. Epub 2021 Jun 4 doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2021.05.015. PMID: 34091079
Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) Working Group
Am J Ophthalmol 2021 Aug;228:134-141. Epub 2021 May 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2021.03.042. PMID: 33845002Free PMC Article
Kuhn F, Aylward B
Ophthalmic Res 2014;51(1):15-31. Epub 2013 Oct 22 doi: 10.1159/000355077. PMID: 24158005
Mets MB
Ophthalmol Clin North Am 2001 Sep;14(3):521-31. doi: 10.1016/s0896-1549(05)70250-9. PMID: 11705152

Therapy

Moussa G, Mathews N, Makhzoum O, Park DY
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina 2022 Feb;53(2):87-95. Epub 2022 Feb 1 doi: 10.3928/23258160-20220121-02. PMID: 35148215
Finn AP, Fujino D, Lum F, Rao P
Ophthalmol Retina 2022 Feb;6(2):130-138. Epub 2021 Jun 4 doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2021.05.015. PMID: 34091079
Otsubo M, Kinouchi R, Kamiya T, Yoshida A
J Med Case Rep 2021 Jul 21;15(1):355. doi: 10.1186/s13256-021-02954-8. PMID: 34284818Free PMC Article
Jad A, Céline T, Bahram B, Phuc L, Nathalie C
Int Ophthalmol 2013 Apr;33(2):189-94. Epub 2012 Oct 16 doi: 10.1007/s10792-012-9649-7. PMID: 23070707
Fetkenhour CL, Hauch TL
Am J Ophthalmol 1980 May;89(5):662-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(80)90285-8. PMID: 7377263

Prognosis

Finn AP, Fujino D, Lum F, Rao P
Ophthalmol Retina 2022 Feb;6(2):130-138. Epub 2021 Jun 4 doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2021.05.015. PMID: 34091079
Atas F, Kaya M, Toprak T, Akbulut Yagci B, Selver A, Saatci AO
Int Ophthalmol 2021 Dec;41(12):4127-4135. Epub 2021 Jul 23 doi: 10.1007/s10792-021-01985-w. PMID: 34297304
Ren XJ, Bu SC, Wu D, Liu BS, Yang FH, Hu BJ, Liu JP, Zhang XM, Dong LJ, Zheng CZ, Zhang JP, Li XR
Retina 2020 Oct;40(10):1900-1908. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000002701. PMID: 31860522Free PMC Article
Zhang Q, Small KW, Grossniklaus HE
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2011 May;249(5):745-51. Epub 2010 Dec 7 doi: 10.1007/s00417-010-1587-3. PMID: 21136072Free PMC Article
Shields CL, Shields JA, DePotter P, Kheterpal S
Ophthalmology 1996 Oct;103(10):1642-50. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(96)30451-x. PMID: 8874438

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
Agarwal M, Patnaik G, Khetan V, de-la-Torre A
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2022 May 19;30(4):1022-1026. Epub 2021 Feb 5 doi: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1849738. PMID: 33544637
Atas F, Kaya M, Toprak T, Akbulut Yagci B, Selver A, Saatci AO
Int Ophthalmol 2021 Dec;41(12):4127-4135. Epub 2021 Jul 23 doi: 10.1007/s10792-021-01985-w. PMID: 34297304
Ren XJ, Bu SC, Wu D, Liu BS, Yang FH, Hu BJ, Liu JP, Zhang XM, Dong LJ, Zheng CZ, Zhang JP, Li XR
Retina 2020 Oct;40(10):1900-1908. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000002701. PMID: 31860522Free PMC Article
Jad A, Céline T, Bahram B, Phuc L, Nathalie C
Int Ophthalmol 2013 Apr;33(2):189-94. Epub 2012 Oct 16 doi: 10.1007/s10792-012-9649-7. PMID: 23070707

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