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François-Xavier Borruat, MD; Carlos Auer, MD; Bertrand Piguet, MD
Lausanne, Switzerland

Arch Ophthalmol. 1995;113(12):1569-1571.

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Multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) is a benign acquired disorder¹ that has been linked to the syndrome of acute idiopathic blind-spot enlargement.² Recently, indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) was used in two patients with MEWDS and revealed multiple small foci of choroidal lesions located mainly at the posterior pole.³ These choroidal lesions outnumbered both the visible retinal white spots and the lesions seen on fluorescein angiography. We investigated with ICGA a patient with MEWDS who exhibited a marked enlargement of the blind spot.

Report of a Case.

A healthy 24-year-old woman experienced the sudden onset of photopsia in her right eye. She also complained of a temporal scotoma perceived as a "black spot" during daytime and a "yellowish spot" with the eyes closed or at night. On April 25,1994, 4 days after the onset of symptoms, visual acuity was 20/40 OD and 20/50 OS, which was amblyopic . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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