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White Dot Syndrome

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White Dot Syndrome
Any of a group of idiopathic multifocal inflammatory conditions involving the retina and the choroid characterised by the appearance of white dots in the fundus, which typically affect young, healthy, myopic women
Examples Multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS), multifocal choroiditis & panuveitis (MCP), punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC), acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE), serpiginous choroiditis, birdshot retinochoroidopathy
DiffDx Diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis, punctate outer retinal toxoplasmosis, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, syphilis, presumed ocular histoplasmosis, septic emboli, pars planitis, and sympathetic ophthalmia


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