Bilateral submacular hemorrhages associated with an influenza syndrome.
Bilateral submacular hemorrhages developed in a 21-year-old female nurse after a flulike illness. No subretinal neovascularization was detectable. She had a fourfold rise in serum antibody titer to influenza type A. Subjective visual changes were noted on Amsler grid, but vision remained 20/20 and the hemorrhages resolved spontaneously. A focal choroiditis in the macular area is postulated as being a possible mechanism for the development of the hemorrhages.
D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D008266:Macula Lutea; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral