title: Long term follow-up of birdshot chorioretinopathy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To report the long term follow-up of a case of Birdshot Chorioretinopathy treated with steroids and cyclosporine during three years and followed for twenty years.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient was monitored with Snellen visual acuity, slit lamp examination, perimetry, colour vision test, fluorescein angiography, electroretinogram (ERG) and electrooculogram (EOG).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The retinal alterations progressed despite minimization of the intraocular inflammation. Vision dropped, perimetric and severe colour vision alterations appeared and the patient complained of nyctalopia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The retinal findings in our case treated during three years resemble twenty years later tapetoretinal dystrophy and evoke the natural evolution of Birdshot Chorioretinopathy. The therapeutic approach was either inadequate due to early interruption or to inefficacy on the mechanisms of the retinal alterations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. frasquin@ulb.ac.be
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Rasquin
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Pereleux
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018450:Disease Progression; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004585:Electrooculography; D004596:Electroretinography; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012607:Scotoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D016572:Cyclosporine; D011241:Prednisone