title: [Macular serpiginous choroiditis: case report].
abstract: Serpiginous choroiditis is a rare ocular inflammatory disease that can lead to permanent vision loss due to macular involvement. This article reports a case of a patient with macular serpiginous choroiditis submitted to subtenon and intravitreal triamcinolone injections. The clinical aspects and differential diagnosis of this ocular disease, including fluorescein angiogram and high-resolution optical coherence tomography are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Municipal da Piedade, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klejnberg
authors.forename: Remo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Turchetti
authors.forename: Eduardo Cunha de
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Souza
mesh_terms: D002833:Choroiditis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*