title: Pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy.
abstract: Pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy is a rare disorder that is not well understood or classified. We examined a patient who had chorioretinal atrophy with pigment clusters located in the paravenous areas without macular involvement. Other conditions which may also present retinochoroidal atrophy and/or pigmentary degeneration are discussed. The electroretinography results were subnormal but the evoked potentials were not totally extinguished. Fluorescein angiography and retinography confirmed the relative and absolute scotomas corresponding to the atrophic paravenous areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, School of Optics and Optometry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parafita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Torrijos
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gomez-Ulla
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy; D002829:Choroid / Q000473:pathology*; D004596:Electroretinography; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D012169:Retinal Vein / Q000473:pathology*; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields