Macular function and morphology in acute retinal pigment epithelitis.

ABSTRACT

A 20‑year‑old man applied with vision loss in the left eye. Right eye examination was unremarkable. Best‑corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in the left eye was 20/200. Fundus examination revealed a few yellow spots within a round‑shaped macular lesion. Autofluorescence imaging showed hyperautofluorescence in the lesion. Central amplitudes in multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) were depressed. The patient reported a rhinopharyngitis 7–10 days before the visual loss. The patient was diagnosed as acute retinal pigment epithelitis. BCVA improved gradually up to 20/20 in 4 weeks. mfERG amplitudes returned to normal. A slight pigmentary distortion was the only residual fundus finding.