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PURPOSE: To describe idiopathic multifocal choroiditis (iMFC) with chorioretinal atrophy developing choroidal flow voids on optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) that preceded a recurrence of the disease. METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: A 24-year-old woman presented with visual field changes and occasional photopsias. Systemic work-up for syphilis, tuberculosis, and sarcoidosis, was negative. Clinical findings and multimodal imaging were consistent with iMFC with chorioretinal atrophy, complicated by inactive choroidal neovascularization in her right eye. She was treated with systemic corticosteroids with a taper over 3 months without change in her examination. She was then stable for two years. At that point, the patient experienced increased photopsias, but her examination was unchanged. OCTA showed multiple flow voids in the choroid that were not present 6 months prior. No lesions were seen on other imaging modalities. Structural OCT showed some subtle hyper-reflectivity throughout the choroid that was previously absent. Given the unknown significance of these flow voids, the patient was asked to return for follow-up in one month. Her photopsias improved and her vision remained normal. On repeat examination after one month, the patient had developed a few subtle yellow lesions in the supero-nasal quadrant of the left eye. There were no macular lesions. The repeat OCTA revealed that the flow voids were fading. CONCLUSION: Imaging findings using OCTA in our patient with iMFC showed choroidal flow voids that preceded clinical recurrence, not detected by other imaging modalities. Future studies should determine if OCTA can be used to detect subclinical lesions preceding clinical recurrences of iMFC.
