We report the choroidal findings on indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) in two cases of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). The two immunocompetent patients (31-year-old and 30-year-old Asian Indian males) presented with acute-onset rapidly progressing vision loss with findings of necrotizing retinitis involving the central macula. Both patients tested negative for serological evidence of herpes or varicella, and toxoplasma antibodies. The patients demonstrated high serum and cerebrospinal fluid titers of anti-measles antibody (and abnormal electroencephalogram in one patient) leading to the diagnosis of SSPE. ICGA of both patients revealed distinct "
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