Optical Coherence Tomography Angiographic Follow-Up in a Case of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis and Unilateral Necrotising Retinitis

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We present a 20-year-old woman who was diagnosed with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) 20 months after presenting with unilateral retinitis. At presentation, the patient had two inferotemporal macular lesions in her left eye. Corresponding to these areas, optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed hyporeflective spaces with loss of nearly all of the retinal layers. OCT-angiography (OCTA) demonstrated some flow deficit areas with a reduction in the vessel density. Her serum measles antibody titre was high (IgG >5000.0 mIU/ml). Twenty months later the macular lesions had diminished in size, and there was some focal retinal thinning with interruption of the ellipsoid zone. OCTA showed that the flow deficit areas were diminished in size together with the relatively improved perfusion density. Neurological examination disclosed myoclonic jerks. Neuropsychological assessment demonstrated impaired executive function, attention, and narrowed lexical fluency. Measles IgG antibody was high in the cerebrospinal fluid (>230.0 U/ml). Brain magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated bilateral, non-specific, small foci of T2 hyperintensity in the frontoparietal subcortical white matter and centrum semiovale. The present case is the first where OCTA findings of SSPE-related retinal lesions have been described.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:48

Enthalten in:

Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press) - 48(2024), 2 vom: 01., Seite 142-151

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Köksaldı, Seher [VerfasserIn]
Ala, Rahmi Tumay [VerfasserIn]
Oztura, Ibrahim [VerfasserIn]
Emirbayer, Emre [VerfasserIn]
Akdal, Gulden [VerfasserIn]
Emre, Sinan [VerfasserIn]
Tugal-Tutkun, Ilknur [VerfasserIn]
Saatci, Ali Osman [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Measles virus
Necrotising retinitis
Optical coherence tomography
Optical coherence tomography angiography
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

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Date Revised 16.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/01658107.2023.2284914

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369770420