A 37-year-old woman presented with painful visual loss in the left eye for 2 weeks. The best-corrected visual acuity was 20/200. Ophthalmic examination of the left eye revealed vitreous cells, optic disc swelling, serous retinal detachment, and macular star-figure hard exudates. Swept-source optical coherence tomography showed both inner and outer retinas were swollen, the choroid was thickened, and the corresponding retinal pigment epithelium was elevated. Wide-field indocyanine green angiography disclosed multiple hypofluorescent spots in the mid-periphery. Taken together, an involvement of optic disc, entire retina, and choroid was considered in the current case.
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