TY - JOUR
T1 - Ultra-wide-field fundus autofluorescence and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography findings in syphilitic outer retinitis
AU - Saleh, Mohamed G.A.
AU - Campbell, John Peter
AU - Yang, Paul
AU - Lin, Phoebe
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by National Institutes of Health grants K08EY022948 (PL) and K08EY026650 (PY), Foundation Fighting Blindness grant CD-NMT-0714-0648 (PY), and Career Development Awards from Research to Prevent Blindness (PL). The Casey Eye Institute has also received an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness.
PY - 2017/3
Y1 - 2017/3
N2 - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To determine the ultra-wide-field fundus autofluorescence (UWF-FAF) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) features of syphilitic outer retinopathy (SOR). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Retrospective chart review. RESULTS: Three patients with SOR were investigated. Treatment with parenteral penicillin led to improvement of outer retinopathy, visual acuity, and symptoms. UWFFAF showed speckled hyperautofluorescence, hypoautofluorescence, and normal autofluorescence, similar to what has been described as a trizonal pattern in acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) in the chronic case of SOR, but with hyperautofluorescent areas in the two acute cases. OCT showed disruption of the photoreceptor outer segment ellipsoid zone and external limiting membrane, which improved after penicillin treatment, and corresponded to normalization of the hyperautofluorescent areas on UWF-FAF. There was irregularity and nodular thickening of retinal pigment epithelium on OCT in areas of mottled hyperautofluorescence. CONCLUSION: SOR can present similarly to AZOOR on UWFFAF and should be highly suspected in cases presenting like AZOOR.
AB - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To determine the ultra-wide-field fundus autofluorescence (UWF-FAF) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) features of syphilitic outer retinopathy (SOR). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Retrospective chart review. RESULTS: Three patients with SOR were investigated. Treatment with parenteral penicillin led to improvement of outer retinopathy, visual acuity, and symptoms. UWFFAF showed speckled hyperautofluorescence, hypoautofluorescence, and normal autofluorescence, similar to what has been described as a trizonal pattern in acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) in the chronic case of SOR, but with hyperautofluorescent areas in the two acute cases. OCT showed disruption of the photoreceptor outer segment ellipsoid zone and external limiting membrane, which improved after penicillin treatment, and corresponded to normalization of the hyperautofluorescent areas on UWF-FAF. There was irregularity and nodular thickening of retinal pigment epithelium on OCT in areas of mottled hyperautofluorescence. CONCLUSION: SOR can present similarly to AZOOR on UWFFAF and should be highly suspected in cases presenting like AZOOR.
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U2 - 10.3928/23258160-20170301-03
DO - 10.3928/23258160-20170301-03
M3 - Article
C2 - 28297032
AN - SCOPUS:85016988469
SN - 2325-8160
VL - 48
SP - 208
EP - 215
JO - Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging Retina
JF - Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging Retina
IS - 3
ER -