title: Acute macular neuroretinopathy in a 15-year-old boy: optical coherence tomography and visual acuity findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN) in a 15-year-old boy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Images were obtained with fundus photography and optical coherence tomography (OCT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient complained of blurred vision and a small central scotoma in the left eye. Left visual acuity was 0.3. Fundus photographs revealed a small dark area in the fovea of the left eye. OCT showed attenuation of the photoreceptor inner segment (IS)/outer segment (OS) line and the OS/retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) line in the left eye. One week after the initial visit, left visual acuity had improved to 0.6, and there was partial recovery of the IS/OS line with focal thinning of the OS/RPE line. One month later, left visual acuity had improved to 0.8, and OCT showed complete restoration of the IS/OS line and the OS/RPE line.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To our knowledge, this is the youngest patient reported with a diagnosis of AMN. Changes in microstructural findings and visual acuity were analogous during recovery of AMN in our patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan.
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tampo
keywords: Acute macular neuroretinopathy; Optical coherence tomography; Photoreceptor inner segment/outer segment junction; Retinal pigment epithelium