Juvenile Juxtapapillary Hemorrhagic Choroiditis

Abstract

Lesions adjacent to the optic nerve head have always been of great interest to ophthalmologists; the etiology has remained obscure. A hemorrhagic exudative lesion involving choroid and retina adjacent to the optic disc has been described in presumed ocular histoplasmosis (SCHLAEGEL & KENNEY, 1966), a disease once thought to occur exclusively in the U.S.A. However, this entity appears to affect on the other side of the Atlantic (BRAUNSTEIN et al., 1974). A typical macular disciform lesion in presumed ocular histoplasmosis is common, but its counterpart near the disc is rare and may be difficult to categorize in the absence of peripheral punched-out chorio-retinal scars. The following two cases will illustrate this point.