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Multifocal Electroretinograms
Published on: December 4, 2011
Acute macular neuroretinopathy: contribution of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and multifocal ERG
Célia Maschi1, Bérengère Schneider-Lise, Vincent Paoli
1Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hopital Saint Roch, 5 rue Pierre Dévoluy, 06000, Nice Cedex 1, France. celia.maschi@gmail.com
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.
