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Optos case study choroidal naevus

David Austen describes the detection of a choroidal naevus and Kevin York explains how the Optomap may have helped save a life.

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Last week we showed a red and a green Optomap scan (Figures 1a and 1b respectively) revealing a large pigmented area. The colour differentiation helps to locate the lesion to the choroid. David Austen (Loughborough) describes the case in more detail: 'The patient was originally brought for his first eye examination aged nine months as his mum wondered if his left eye turned in. Reassurance was given that all was OK. The family moved to a village 150 miles away where he was seen several times locally for routine examinations.

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