Birdshot Retinochoroidopathy

Birdshot retinochoroidopathy is a clinically distinct pattern of posterior segment inflammation of presumed autoimmune etiology.

The characteristic spots of depigmentation, usually cream-colored at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium or deeper, are the most distinctive sign of birdshot retinochoroidopathy. The lesions radiate outwards from the disc in a linear pattern that seems to follow the choroidal vessels.

The differential diagnosis includes other entities that produce a chronic mild to moderate bilateral panuveitis with choroidal infiltrates.

References

Chang B., Lumbroso L, Rabb MF, Yannuzzi LA. Birdshot chorioretinopathy. In: Yannuzzi LA, Flower RW, Slakter JS, eds. Indocyanin Green Angiography, 1st ed.St.Louis: Mosby, 1997:231-238.