title: Appearance of birdshot retinochoroidopathy in a patient with myelodysplasia syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the appearance of birdshot retinochoroidopathy in a patient with myelodysplasia syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report of a healthy 62-year-old woman who was fortuitously noted to have multiple atrophic spots in the posterior choroid and retina of each eye.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subsequent medical evaluation included a blood cell count that disclosed pancytopenia, with a diagnosis of myelodysplasia made on bone marrow examination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An autoimmune response associated with the underlying myelodysplasia may be responsible for the appearance of atrophic retinal and choroidal lesions resembling birdshot retinochoroidopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Noble
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D015866:Uveitis, Posterior / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D015234:HLA-A Antigens; C035524:HLA-A29 antigen