Article Text
Letter
Disappearance of classic birdshot spots after immunosuppression with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil
Statistics from Altmetric.com
Birdshot chorioretinopathy is commonly diagnosed by characteristic choroidal spots on funduscopic exan. These spots are particularly prominent on indocyanine angiography and can resolve with treatment. The clinical significance of this is not clear. We present a case of birdshot chorioretinopathy with classic spots which resolved after immunosupression with mycophenolate mofetil, tacrolimus and prednisone.
Case report
A 35-year-old white woman with a 1-year history of birdshot chorioretinopathy (BSCR) complicated by choroidal neovascular …
Footnotes
Competing interests: None.
Funding: Supported by grants EY-13707 (J E Thorne) from the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.