ACUTE MACULAR NEURORETINOPATHY WITHOUT NEAR-INFRARED REFLECTANCE-AN ATYPICAL CASE PRESENTATION

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2017:11 Suppl 1:S14-S17. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000387.

Abstract

Background: Acute macular neuroretinopathy is a rare disease that with the help of multimodal imaging is being diagnosed more frequently.

Methods: An atypical case is presented and followed by multimodal imaging.

Results: A typical acute macular neuroretinopathy lesion was seen on biomicroscopic examination and spectral domain optical coherence tomography examination. However, near-infrared imaging revealed a lack of the characteristic finding along with a relative afferent pupillary defect and a widespread depressed multifocal electroretinogram which has not been reported previously.

Conclusion: This patient exhibits photoreceptor and outer retinal findings commonly described in acute macular neuroretinopathy lesion without classic near-infrared findings. This case may represent a severe form of acute macular neuroretinopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Macula Lutea / diagnostic imaging
  • Macula Lutea / pathology*
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Retinal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Retinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Retinal Neurons / pathology*