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Stalagmite-like preretinal inflammatory deposits in vitrectomized eyes with posterior uveitis
Yoshihiro Yonekawa1,2, Ashkan M Abbey3, Lily van Laere4
1Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts.
Abstract:
We report a new clinical sign of vitreous inflammation in patients with posterior uveitis: spectral-domain optical coherence tomography identified stalagmite-like, discrete, diffusely distributed, hyperreflective, preretinal deposits in previously vitrectomized eyes of 2 patients during flares of posterior uveitis. The extent of the deposits correlated with disease activity. The underlying primary diseases encountered were necrotizing retinochoroiditis secondary to toxoplasmosis and primary central nervous system lymphoma.

