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Scott Smetana, MD; Stephen S. Feman, MD; Christopher Kleber, BA
St Louis, Mo

Arch Ophthalmol. 2003;121:914-915.

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TWO YEARS ago, a 37-year-old woman had peripheral light flashes while hospitalized for a viral illness. Although peripheral field loss occurred at that time, her visual acuity was not affected. Since then, her retinal lesions have been stable (Figure 1), as have been the abnormalities in her peripheral visual field (Figure 2). Her multifocal electroretinographic responses remain abnormal within the lesions but physiologic elsewhere. Her current visual acuity is 20/25 OU with minimal correction.

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 1. Composite image of color photographs of the right eye (A) and left eye (B). Areas of the uninvolved retina are seen between the sharply demarcated islands of retinopathy. The vitreous body and inner retina appear uninvolved in this disorder.

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 2. Automated static perimetry: visual field test results of the right eye (A) and left eye (B). The islands of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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