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Optical coherence tomography angiography in unilateral multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis: A case report.

Lung-Chi Lee, Ke-Hao Huang, Yi-Hao Chen, Hsin-Ting Lin, Chia-Chen Hsu, Ming-Cheng Tai, Chang-Min Liang, Jiann-Torng Chen, Ching-Long Chen

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lung-Chi LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center.
Ke-Hao HuangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center.
Yi-Hao ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center.
Hsin-Ting LinDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center.
Chia-Chen HsuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center.
Ming-Cheng TaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center.
Chang-Min LiangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center.
Jiann-Torng ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center.
Ching-Long ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center.
Tri-Service General Hospital · TWNational Defense Medical Center · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleOptical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) has the advantage to visualize the microvascular structure of the retina in vivo and was utilized clinically in various neovascular retinal diseases. The OCT-A has also been used to examine the lesion in multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis (MCP). This study aimed to describe a case of MCP and present the disease process of a punched-out lesion in the chorioretina with neovascular activity using OCT-A. PATIENTS CONCERNS: A 32-year-old female Caucasian patient presented with a 2-week history of progressive blurred vision in her right eye with photophobia and a diminished temporal visual field. On presentation, her best corrected visual acuity was 6/60 in the right eye with a prominent anterior uveitis seen under slit lamp examination. DIAGNOSES: Dilated fundus examination of the right eye showed vitritis and multiple, punched-out yellowish-white lesions over the peripheral retina. Additional multimodal imaging (MMI) were done including fluorescein angiography (FA), indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) and fundus autofluorescence (FAF), which all revealed characteristic findings of MCP. In general, the diagnosis of unilateral MCP was made. Furthermore, one of the punched-out lesions in the right eye was particularly selected and examined under OCT and OCT-A, which revealed a subretinal elevated lesion with high flow signal under OCT-A.

interventionsTreatment with oral prednisolone at 30 mg daily with topical prednisolone acetate 1% every 2 hours were prescribed, which were gradually tapered down within a 2-month course. OUTCOMES: The patient's best corrected visual acuity of the right eye returned to 6/6 at 2 months after the diagnosis. The flow signal in the OCT-A study of the punched-out lesion had also resolved after steroid treatment. LESSONS: The MCP is an uncommon uveitis with multiple inflammatory chorioretinal lesions. Using multimodal imaging technique, physicians can better differentiate these lesions for diagnosis and for further monitoring. Our results demonstrated that these chorioretinal lesions in MCP may display neovascular activities that might not be seen easily using conventional FA or ICGA study. With OCT-A, ophthalmologists could identify and monitor subtle choroidal neovascularization (CNV) changes over these punched-out lesions.

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AdultChoroiditisComputed Tomography AngiographyFemaleFluorescein AngiographyFundus OculiHumansMultifocal ChoroiditisMultimodal ImagingPanuveitisRetinaTomography, Optical Coherence

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PMCPMC6358364
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