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Choroid Disorder

MedGen UID:
3427
•Concept ID:
C0008521
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Choroid Disease; Choroid Diseases; Choroidal Disease; Choroidal Diseases; Disease, Choroid; Disease, Choroidal; Diseases, Choroid; Diseases, Choroidal

Definition

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the choroid. Representative examples include choroiditis, hemangioma, and melanoma. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clinical features and therapeutic management of choroidal osteoma: A systematic review.
Zhang L, Ran QB, Lei CY, Zhang MX
Surv Ophthalmol 2023 Nov-Dec;68(6):1084-1092. Epub 2023 Jun 14 doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2023.06.002. PMID: 37321477
Evolving treatment paradigms for PCV.
Fenner BJ, Cheung CMG, Sim SS, Lee WK, Staurenghi G, Lai TYY, Ruamviboonsuk P, Kokame G, Yanagi Y, Teo KYC
Eye (Lond) 2022 Feb;36(2):257-265. Epub 2021 Jul 14 doi: 10.1038/s41433-021-01688-7. PMID: 34262165Free PMC Article
Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy: Consensus Nomenclature and Non-Indocyanine Green Angiograph Diagnostic Criteria from the Asia-Pacific Ocular Imaging Society PCV Workgroup.
Cheung CMG, Lai TYY, Teo K, Ruamviboonsuk P, Chen SJ, Kim JE, Gomi F, Koh AH, Kokame G, Jordan-Yu JM, Corvi F, Invernizzi A, Ogura Y, Tan C, Mitchell P, Gupta V, Chhablani J, Chakravarthy U, Sadda SR, Wong TY, Staurenghi G, Lee WK
Ophthalmology 2021 Mar;128(3):443-452. Epub 2020 Aug 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.08.006. PMID: 32795496

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Therapy

Vitamin B6 appears useful in treating choroid disorder.
Gunby P
JAMA 1980 May 9;243(18):1792-3. PMID: 7365947

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