title: Spectral domain optical coherence tomography findings in acute retinal pigment epitheliitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) findings in 3 patients with acute retinal pigment epitheliitis (ARPE).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective chart review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Charts of three young patients with ARPE were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In acute stage, SD-OCT demonstrated abnormal hyperreflectivity involving the photoreceptor outer segment layer and hyporeflectivity involving the associated RPE layer in all cases. In chronic stage, SD-OCT showed decreased abnormal reflectivity. In one case with incomplete recovery of visual acuity, disruption of the photoreceptor inner and outer segment (IS/OS) junction was demonstrated in chronic phase.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SD-OCT confirmed that the outer segments of foveal photoreceptors and the associated RPE layer were the primary affected sites with ARPE. Detection of integrity of the foveal IS/OS line in resolved ARPE could be helpful in prediction of visual prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kim's Eye Hospital, Konyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ccnnrr@naver.com
authors.forename: Han Joo
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Dong Won
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chul Gu
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jong Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D055214:Retinal Photoreceptor Cell Outer Segment / Q000473:pathology; D055213:Retinal Pigment Epithelium / Q000473:pathology*; D012173:Retinitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012607:Scotoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology