title: Unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy. 1991.
abstract: This is a report of nine patients who experienced sudden, severe, unilateral central vision loss following a flulike illness. Each patient had an exudative detachment of the macula. All patients experienced a spontaneous resolution of the acute macular manifestations with near-complete recovery of vision. A characteristic "bull's-eye" appearance in the macula persisted. The acute manifestations of the disorder did not recur in any of the patients during the period of follow-up. The constellation of findings was suggestive of an inflammatory disease of the retinal pigment epithelium, but a specific causative agent could not be identified. The acute clinical and angiographic features, the natural course, and the residual pigment epithelial derangement were not consistent with any previously described disorder.
authors.forename: Lawrence A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Yannuzzi
authors.forename: Lee M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Jampol
authors.forename: Maurice F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Rabb
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sorenson
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beyrer
authors.forename: Lloyd M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Wilcox
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000266:history; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history*