[Acute endophthalmitis of 15-year old boy in the course of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Part II--Electrophysiological examinations].
OBJECTIVE
The aim of the study is to present objective estimation of visual function in eyes affected by leukemia.


METHODS
The boy who was described in the first part of this study was examined. Visual evoked potential (VEP), full-field flash electroretinography (FERG), electrooculography (EOG), were done according to ISCEV standards.


RESULTS
The function of retina was decreased proportionally to the areas of infiltration. The amplitude of VEP peaks was lowered when the involvement of the central nervous system occurred. In the eye with retinal infiltration abnormal EOG was present a few months earlier than pigment epithelium destruction was seen in ocular fundus.


CONCLUSIONS
Functional deficits may be irreversible.
Pojda-Wilczek
Dorota
D
Oddziału Klinicznego Okulistyki Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach.
Pojda
Stefan M
SM
Herba
Ewa
E
Makowiecka-Obidzińska
Katarzyna
K
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004585:Electrooculography; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012160:Retina / Q000503:physiopathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index