title: Macular function and morphology in acute retinal pigment epithelitis.
abstract: A 20-year-old man applied with vision loss in the left eye. Right eye examination was unremarkable. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in the left eye was 20/200. Fundus examination revealed a few yellow spots within a round-shaped macular lesion. Autofluorescence imaging showed hyperautofluorescence in the lesion. Central amplitudes in multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) were depressed. The patient reported a rhinopharyngitis 7-10 days before the visual loss. The patient was diagnosed as acute retinal pigment epithelitis. BCVA improved gradually up to 20/20 in 4 weeks. mfERG amplitudes returned to normal. A slight pigmentary distortion was the only residual fundus finding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, GATA Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatih C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Gundogan
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Diner
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tas
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ilhan
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Yolcu
mesh_terms: D004596:Electroretinography; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D012168:Retinal Pigments / Q000378:metabolism*; D012173:Retinitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D012168:Retinal Pigments