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Case 122 Diagnosis

Idiopathic peripapillary choroidal neovascular membrane

Differential Diagnosis

• Age-related macular degeneration: unlikely in this young patient with no associated findings such as drusen
• Presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome: no inflammatory findings and no scars suggestive of previous inflammation
• Degenerative myopia: patient is not myopic
• Angioid streaks: no angioid streaks present
• Optic nerve head drusen: no drusen seen
• Traumatic choroidal rupture: no history of trauma
• Chorioretinitis: no evidence of inflammation