Acute macular neuroretinopathy: contribution of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and multifocal ERG

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2011 Jun;249(6):827-31. doi: 10.1007/s00417-010-1560-1. Epub 2010 Nov 20.

Abstract

Background: Acute macular neuroretinopathy is a rare disease which occurs in young women and causes sudden paracentral scotoma and typical reddish-brown macular lesions.

Material and methods: We report two cases of young women suffering from acute macular neuroretinopathy which we observed with spectral-domain Spectralis HRA-OCT and multifocal ERG at 3 and 7 months.

Results: Imaging revealed an early hyper-reflectivity of the photoreceptor layer, which changed into hyporeflectivity in the first week and remained the same in the following months, whereas visual field improved.

Conclusions: Our findings show involvement primarly of the outer retina, and confirm OCT and mf ERG as important tools for diagnosis and follow-up of pathologic changes in AMNR, as other diagnostic tests often remain normal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Electroretinography*
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Humans
  • Indocyanine Green
  • Macula Lutea / pathology*
  • Retinal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Retinal Neurons / pathology*
  • Scotoma / diagnosis*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence*
  • Visual Acuity
  • Visual Fields*

Substances

  • Indocyanine Green