What do you think is the diagnosis?
This was an incidental finding in a 60-year-old African-American female. The photographic appearance is fairly typical. OCT and fluorescein angiography testing were performed to confirm the clinical impression.
Take a guess in your head.
SPOILER ALERT …
Diagnosis: Peripapillary Choroidal Neovascularization.
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