The multimodal imaging characteristics of multiple evanescent white dot syndrom / 中华眼底病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the multimodal imaging characteristics of multiple evanescent white dot syndrom (MEWDS).Methods This was a retrospective series case study.Eighteen patients (18 eyes) diagnosed with MEWDS in Eye Center of The Second People's Hospital of Foshan from September 2015 to April 2017 were enrolled in this study.There were 12 females and 6 males,with the mean age of 35.9 years.The disease course ranged from 3 to 90 days,with the mean of 14 days.All the patients underwent BCVA,slit-lamp microscope with +90D preset lens,fundus photography,spectral domain OCT (SD-OCT) and FAF examinations.FFA was simultaneously performed in 6 eyes,FFA and ICGA were simultaneously performed in 12 eyes.Ten patients received the treatment of glucocorticoids and vasodilator substance,and other 8 patients without any treatment.The follow-up duration was 4.5 months.The multimodal imaging characteristics were reviewed and analyzed.Results Fundus color photography showed a variable number of small dots and large spots lesions (14 eyes),and/or fovea granularity (7 eyes) and disk swelling (5 eyes).A variable number of little dots and larger spots lesions showed respectively in FFA,FAF and ICGA were needle-like dots distributed in a wreathlike pattern and a large plaque occasionally confluent of early highly fluorescent,highly autofluorescence and hypofluoresence.Combined hypofluorescent spots with overlying dots were observed in 10 eyes of the late stages of the ICGA.Black lesions in the gray background show in ICGA were the most obvious and the most extensive,gray-white lesions in the gray-black show in FAF were the second,light gray-black lesions in the gray show in FFA were the least.Gray-white lesions in an orange background show in fundus photography were not obvious and transient.SD-OCT showed disruption of the ellipsoid zone and/or accumulations of hyperreflective material from the ellipsoid layer toward the outer plexiform layer and vitreous cells.During the period of following-up,some patients were prescribed low-dose glucocorticoid and some not,almost all the patients except one patient experienced recovery in BCVA and the lesions in fundus imaging.Conclusions The lesions in MEWDS eyes in modern multimodal imaging modalities among fundus photography (fovea granularity),FFA (needle-like dots distributed in a wreathlike pattern and a large plaque occasionally confluent of early highly fluorescent),ICGA (flake hypofluorescent) and SD-OCT (disruption of the ellipsoid zone) showed good consistency.Almost eyes were recovery.