White Dot Syndromes Flashcards
Big Dots
Birdshot, APMPPE, Serpiginous
Small Dots
MCP, PIC (MEWDS, AZOOR)
Which are bilateral?
All except MEWDS and AZOOR
Which are more common in women?
Birdshot, MCP/PIC, MEWDS/AZOOR
Goes better without treatment
APMPPE, MEWDS
Which require long-term immunosupression?
Birdshot, Serpiginous (MCP, AZOOR)
Which cause CNV?
Serpiginous, MCP, PIC
In older patients
Birdshot and serpiginous
WD at deep choroid
Birdshot
WD at RPE/choriocapillaris
MCP, PIC, APMPPE, Serpiginous
WD at deep retina/RPE
MEWDS, AZOOR
Make scars
MCP, PIC, APMPPE, Serpiginous
nyctalopia, decreased color vision
Birdshot
classically quiet anterior segment
Birdshot
throughout the fundus
Birdshot
F=M
APMPPE, Serpiginous
flu-like prodrome
APMPPE, MEWDS
cerebral vasculitis
APMPPE
erythema nodosum
APMPPE
geographic pattern
Serpiginous
chronic, recurrent
Serpiginous, MCP
moderately myopic women
PIC
FA mild hyperfluorescence early with increasing hyperfluorescence late
PIC
New lesions usually do not appear
PIC
Unilateral
MEWDS, AZOOR
Often have vitreous cells, venous sheathing and RAPD
MEWDS
Enlarged blind spot
MEWDS
FA-early hyperflu in wreath-like configuration. Late staining of lesions. Windows defects after resolution
MEWDS
reduced a-wave in ERG
MEWDS
may start unilateral but tends to be bilateral asymmetric
AZOOR
persistent and stabilizes by 6 months in most cases
AZOOR
Anterior uveitis (50%)
MCP
ERG remains normal until there is advanced retinal atrophy
MCP
involvement is predominantly macular
PIC
in 50% stabilization occurs within 6 months but recovery is infrequent
AZOOR
EOG shows absence or severe reduction of the light rise
AZOOR
ERG - a-wave and b-wave amplitude reduction
AZOOR
cones tend to be affected more than rods
AZOOR
often temporal
AZOOR
FAF. Hyperautofluorescent spots corresponding to the macular lesions are visible during active inflammation
MEWDS
Headache and other neurological symptoms are common and can commence many months after ocular disease onset
APMPPE
initially at the posterior pole
APMPPE
HLA-B7 and HLA-DR2
APMPPE
ICGA demonstrates non-perfusion of the choriocapillaris
APMPPE
M>F
Serpiginous
HLA-B7
APMPPE (also HLA-DR2), Serpiginous
typically starts around the optic disc and extends gradually
Serpiginous
Recurrence is usually contiguous with or adjacent to existing areas, eventually resulting in extensive chorioretinal atrophy
Serpiginous
Relentless placoid chorioretinitis (RPC)
features of both APMPPE and serpiginous choroiditis
Persistent placoid maculopathy (PPM)
similar to those of the macular variant of serpiginous choroidopathy, but which generally behave in a more benign fashion unless complicated by CNV
Vitiliginous Chorioretinitis
Birdshot
varying degree of vitritis is commonly found when the disease is active
Birdshot
ERG and VF are the most useful diagnostic tools
Birdshot
most numerous nasal to the optic disc
Birdshot
shimmering photopsias
MEWDS
100-200 um concentrated around the macula
MEWDS
typically does not present with vitritis
serpiginous, presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome
hypopigmented choroidal lesions 1/4 to 1/2 optic disc diameter, clustered around the optic nerve, radiating towards the periphery
Birdshot
ICG multiple hypofluorescent spots, which are typically more numerous than apparent on slit lamp
Birdshot
ERG prolonged 30 Hz flicker implicit times
Birdshot
diminished b waves compared to a wave
Birdshot