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BILATERAL CHOROIDAL EXCAVATION IN JUVENILE LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA
Mackenzie L Franklin1, Shelley Day2
1Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Purpose:
To describe a case of bilateral choroidal excavation in a patient with juvenile localized scleroderma.
Methods:
Case report.
Results:
An asymptomatic 12-year-old boy with localized scleroderma presented for examination and was found to have bilateral areas of choroidal excavation temporal to the fovea.
Conclusion:
Previous reports of ocular complications of localized scleroderma have primarily described adnexal and anterior segment changes. This is the second report of choroidal changes in a patient with localized scleroderma, and the first in a pediatric patient.
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