birdshot chorioretinopathy
Findings
No curated finding names birdshot chorioretinopathy yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Birdshot chorioretinopathy is a posterior uveitis characterized by multiple cream-colored, hypopigmented choroidal lesions in the fundus and a strong association with HLA-A29 and clinically presenting with blurred vision, floaters, photopsia, scotoma and nyctalopia.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0011599), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
- Onset and course
- Middle age onset
HPO, annotations 2026-09-02
Features
26 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal chorioretinal morphologyHPOHP:0000532
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormal choroid morphologyHPOHP:0000610
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormal retinal vascular morphologyHPOHP:0008046
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Cystoid macular edemaHPOHP:0011505
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Ocular hypertensionHPOHP:0007906
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Photoreceptor layer loss on macular OCTHPOHP:0030609
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
Show the remaining 14
- Epiretinal membraneHPOHP:0100014
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Inflammatory abnormality of the eyeHPOHP:0100533
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Macular holeHPOHP:0011508
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Macular scarHPOHP:0200056
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Optic disc pallorHPOHP:0000543
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- PhotophobiaHPOHP:0000613
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
5 names
Resolves to: birdshot chorioretinopathy
- Also called
- birdshot chorioretinitisbirdshot retinochoroiditisbirdshot retinochoroidopathyBSCRvitiliginous choroiditis