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Serpiginous choroiditis (SC) is a rare, progressive, recurrent, idiopathic posterior choroidal inflammatory disease affecting retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), choriocapillaris, and choroid (Vasconcelos-Santos et al. 2010). It is characterized by a geographic pattern of choroiditis that typically extends from the peripapillary area in a serpentine, pseudopodial fashion. It was first described by Hutchinson who noted a pattern of choroidal inflammation that appeared progressive with active borders in otherwise healthy patients or in patients with tuberculosis or syphilis (Hutchinson 1900). In 1970, Gass coined the entity serpiginous choroiditis, because of its wavy margins at the borders and recurrent choroidal inflammation that spread in a centrifugal fashion (Gass 1970).
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Rao, N.A., Kwon, J.Y. (2020). Serpiginous Choroiditis. In: Yu, H. (eds) Inflammatory and Infectious Ocular Disorders. Retina Atlas. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8546-9_2
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