Multimodal imaging findings of focal scleral nodule (solitary idiopathic choroiditis) in three cases


GÜNDÜZ A. K., Mirzayev I., AYDOĞDU H., TETİK AÇAN D.

International Journal of Ophthalmology, cilt.19, sa.7, ss.1420-1423, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Kısa Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Doi Numarası: 10.18240/ijo.2026.07.24
  • Dergi Adı: International Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1420-1423
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

H erein cases of we focal report scleral multimodal nodule (FSN). imaging The findings term “unifocal in three helioid choroiditis” was initially proposed by Hong[1] in 1997 to describe idiopathic solitary choroidal lesions in 6 cases. In 2002, Shields et al[2] reported 60 similar cases, coining the term “solitary idiopathic choroiditis”. With the advent of enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT), these lesions were shown to arise in the sclera rather than the choroid. A 2020 multicenter study proposed renaming solitary idiopathic choroiditis as FSN based on multimodal imaging observations including EDI-OCT in 63 cases[3]. Duignan et al[4] reported in their 2021 series encompassing 34 cases that all solitary idiopathic choroiditis lesions were intrascleral and recommended the nomenclature “idiopathic scleroma”.