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Case Reports
. 2021 Mar 1;41(1):e97-e99.
doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000935.

Not All That Flickers Is Snow

Rachel C Patel  1 , Albert T Vitale, Donnell J Creel, Kathleen B Digre
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Case Reports

Not All That Flickers Is Snow

Rachel C Patel et al. J Neuroophthalmol. .

Abstract

A woman presented with bilateral visual disturbances that had been diagnosed as visual snow. Dilated ophthalmic examination and multimodal imaging were strongly suggestive of birdshot chorioretinopathy, meriting initiation of systemic immunomodulatory therapy. Visual snow requires a thorough ophthalmologic exam to exclude other ocular diseases.

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The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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