RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Multimodal imaging findings in ‘hyper-early’ stage MEWDS
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 1381
OP 1385
DO 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-309175
VO 101
IS 10
A1 Armelle Cahuzac
A1 Benjamin Wolff
A1 Thibaud Mathis
A1 Marie-Hélène Errera
A1 José-Alain Sahel
A1 Martine Mauget-Faÿsse
YR 2017
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/101/10/1381.abstract
AB Objective To describe a new stage of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS), occurring at a very early phase of the disease.Methods Retrospective analysis of clinical, angiographic and tomographic findings in four patients with ‘hyper-early’ stage MEWDS.Results In four patients seen within 1 week of the onset of symptoms, fundus analysis revealed macular granity and the classic yellow–white dots, some having no corresponding hyperautofluorescent pattern. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) showed central foveal disruption of the ellipsoid zone (EZ) and interdigitation layer with a hyper-reflective dome-shaped lesion. In two patients, fluorescein angiography (FA) revealed an intermediate hypofluorescent perimacular halo, whereas late indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) showed a hyperfluorescent halo as well as the classic MEWDS features. After a few days, the EZ disruption appeared complete on OCT and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) in all patients. Visual acuity, OCT and FAF findings had fully recovered within 3 months.Conclusions We have shown a new feature of MEWDS on FAF, OCT, FA and ICGA, corresponding to a very early stage of the disease.