Ophthalmology in China ›› 2025, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (3): 185-193.doi: 10.13281/j.cnki.issn.1004-4469.2025.03.003

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Elschnig spots

Huang Houbin   

  1. Senior Department of Ophthalmology, PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China; Department of Ophthalmology, Hainan Hospital of PLA General Hospital, Sanya Hainan 572013, China
  • Received:2025-03-01 Online:2025-05-25 Published:2025-05-25
  • Contact: Email: 536273642@qq.com
  • Supported by:
     High and New Technology Project of Hainan Key Research and Development Plan (ZDYF2024GXJS032); Health Care Special Project of PLA Logistics Research Fund (23BJZ37); Scientific Research Project of Health Industry in Hainan Province (22A200351)

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Abstract:  As focal ischemic lesions of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) resulted from choroidal lobule infarction, Elsching spots are characters of accelerated hypertensive choroidopathy. A localized injury or even necrosis of the RPE will be resulted from focal ischemia, presenting as multiple, isolated round orange-yellow or yellow-white subretinal spots, i.e. Elschnig spots. Subsequently, depigmentation and atrophy of the RPE gradually occur. In the acute phase, RPE ischemia can be manifested as thickening and elevation of the RPE by optical coherence tomography, and a V-shaped adhesion is formed between the RPE and the overlying partly detached neurosensory retina. This is an important characteristic for differentiating it from other diseases such as Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease. (Ophthalmol CHN, 2025, 34: 185-193)

Key words: Elschnig spots, choroid ischemia, accelerated hypertensive choroidopathy