In medicine, Chorioretinitis is an inflammation of the choroid and retina of the eye. The symptoms are the presence of floating black spots and blurry vision. Chorioretinitis is often caused by a toxoplasmosis infection and mostly affects young children. It is treated with a combination of corticosteroids and antibiotics. Medicine is a branch of health science concerned with maintaining health and restoring it by treating disease. ... The choroid is a collection of blood vessels in the rear of the eye that oxygenate the retina; it is located beneath the sclera. ... Human eye cross-sectional view. ... Artists impression of some floaters (muscae volitantes), as apparently seen against the blue sky. ... In physiology, corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex. ... An antibiotic is a drug that kills or slows the growth of bacteria. ...
Figure 2 Partially atrophic and pigmented chorioretinal foci analogous to those noted in previous reports are distributed throughout the retinal periphery in the right (A) and left (B) eyes respectively.
Vitritis and chorioretinitis in a patient with West Nile virus infection.
Chorioretinal lesions in nonfatal cases of West Nile virus infection.