serpiginous choroiditis
MONDO:0018152Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names serpiginous choroiditis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Serpiginous choroiditis is a rare inflammatory eye condition that typicallydevelops betweenage 30 and 70 years. Affected individuals have lesions in the eye thatlast from weeks to months and involve scarringof the eye tissue.Recurrence of these lesionsis common in serpiginous choroiditis. Vision loss may occurin one or both eyeswhen the macula is involved. Treatment options involve anti-inflammatory and immune-suppressing medications.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0018152), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: serpiginous choroiditis
- Also called
- Choroiditis, Serpiginousgeographic helicoid peripapillary choroidopathy