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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2021 Mar 4;30(5):1039–1043. doi: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1859549

Table 4:

Clinical characteristics of incident presumed ocular histoplasmosis (POHS) cases.

Clinical characteristics of incident POHS cases
By patient
Number of affected patients 18
Mean age at diagnosis (years) 52.5
(Range: 24 to 76)
Visual symptoms at baseline presentation * 5 (27.8%)
Current smokers 2 (11.1%)
Former smokers 7 (38.9%)
Mean follow-up from initial presentation (years) 5.0
(Range: 0.7 to 14.0 years)
By eye
Number of affected eyes 30
Chorioretinal scarring 28 (93.3%)
Peripapillary atrophy 15 (50.0%)
Choroidal neovascularization 4 (13.3%)
*

Decreased visual acuity in 3 patients, blurred vision in 2 patients.