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CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND MULTIMODAL IMAGING FINDINGS IN UNILATERAL FROSTED BRANCH ANGIITIS: A CASE REPORT
Giorgio Lari1,2, Marco Battista1,2, Alessandro Marchese1,2
1Department of Ophthalmology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University Milan, Italy Department of Ophthalmology.
Purpose:
Our aim was to report a comprehensive multimodal imaging case of unilateral frosted branch angiitis in a 40-year-old White woman.
Methods:
Case report involving clinical examination, ultra-wide field fundus photograph, ultra-wide field fluorescein angiography, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography.
Results:
A 40-year-old patient presented with unilateral acute vision loss. On fundus examination, extensive retinal veins sheathing, macular edema, and vascular congestion were observed while ultra-wide field fluorescein angiography revealed a hyperfluorescent "hot" optic disc and blood retinal barrier disruption. Optical coherence tomography angiography displayed foveal avascular zone enlargement and excluded papillary neovascularization. Extensive laboratory workup for infectious, autoimmune, and inflammatory disorders was negative; thus, a diagnose of acute idiopathic unilateral frosted branch angiitis was made. Intravitreal injection of dexamethasone implant was administered with a good clinical response.
Conclusion:
Multimodal imaging is crucial to correctly diagnose and treat frosted branch angiitis. To the best of our knowledge, the use of optical coherence tomography angiography as a complementary tool to the diagnostic process in frosted branch angiitis has been described in literature just once as a photographic essay of cytomegalovirus-related frosted branch angiitis 1 and it might be of great value for better characterizing clinical features of this disorder and for following disease activity in a noninvasive fashion.
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