title: White spots syndromes.
abstract: The different types of white spots occurring in the fundus are analysed. A. Acute white spots, vanishing later on. 1. Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome. 2. Cat scratch disease. 3. AIDS microangiopathy. 4. Cotton-wool spots. 5. Acute vitelliform maculopathy. B. Acute white spots with coalescence and diffuse scarring. 1. Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy. 2. Serpiginous choroïditis (geographic choroïditis). 3. Herpes retinitis. C. Acute white spots becoming white scars with variable pigmentation. 1. Multifocal choroiditis--classical form. 1a. Punctate inner choroidopathy. 1b. Diffuse subretinal fibrosis. 2. Toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis. 3. Tuberculous chorioretinitis. 4. Syphilitic chorioretinitis. 5. Lyme disease. 6. Sarcoidosis. 7. Sympathetic ophthalmia. 8. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. 9. Bacterial retinochoroiditis. 10. Fungal retinochoroiditis--Candida. 11. Pneumocystis carinii choroiditis. D. Late white spots with or without initial white-orange spots. Birdshot chorioretinitis.
authors.affiliation: Centres Hospitaliers Universitaires Brugmann et Saint-Pierre Place Van Gehuchten, 4 1020 Bruxelles.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Verougstraete
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015817:Eye Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D013577:Syndrome