Restoration of retinal architecture following systemic immunosuppression in birdshot chorioretinopathy
Farzin Forooghian1, Nishi Gulati, Douglas A Jabs
1Department of Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA. farzin.forooghian@gmail.com
Purpose:
To describe restoration of retinal architecture following systemic immunosuppressive treatment in a patient with birdshot chorioretinopathy (BSCR).
Design:
Case report.
Methods:
A patient with BSCR and vitritis, reduced electroretinographic responses, and a constricted visual field was treated with prednisone and mycophenolate mofetil.
Results:
Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) at baseline demonstrated a disruption of retinal architecture. After 4 months of treatment retinal architecture, as visualized on SD-OCT, was restored to normal.
Conclusions:
Treatment of BSCR with systemic immunosuppression can result in restoration of disrupted retinal architecture. This structural improvement can be visualized and assessed using SD-OCT.
