title: Bilateral acute macular neuroretinopathy in a postpartum, otherwise healthy female: a case report.
abstract: Acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN) is a rare, macular disorder which typically affects young women who present with paracentral scotoma in one or both eyes corresponding to red, wedge-shaped parafoveal lesions. A young female presented with the complaints of few black spots (scotomas) in her visual field, which she noticed 1 month after a full-term normal delivery. Fundus examination showed flat, well-demarcated, reddish parafoveal lesions in both eyes, corresponding to the scotoma. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) at the site of lesion showed a well-delineated defect in the reflectivity of outer retinal layer. After 6 months of follow-up, fundus lesions were noted to be fading and repeat OCT revealed the realignment of the defect in the outer retinal reflectivity.
authors: Mansarovar Eye Hospital, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors: Prabhat
authors: P
authors: Ranjan
authors: Sanjiv
authors: S
authors: Hansraj
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D049590:Postpartum Period; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity