Abstract
Background
To report functional and high-resolution retinal imaging abnormalities, including adaptive optics (AO) throughout the course of acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMNR).
Methods
Two female patients (four eyes) with a diagnosis of AMNR were observed at the Clinical Investigation Center, CHNO des Quinze-Vingts, Paris, France. The patients underwent detailed ophthalmic examination including best-corrected visual acuity, slit-lamp examination, kinetic and static perimetry, full-field and multifocal electroretinogram, infrared reflectance, autofluorescence imaging and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and AO fundus imaging at presentation and during follow-up.
Results
Both cases showed concomitant loss of integrity of the outer retinal structures on SD-OCT, and marked abnormalities on AO imaging with disruption of the visibility of the cone mosaic. In the first case, photoreceptor damage was seen to progress during several weeks before healing. In both cases, there were persistent morphological abnormalities of photoreceptors 1 year after onset.
Conclusion
This study further highlights the value of AO fundus imaging to facilitate detection, mapping, and monitoring of damage to the cone outer segments during AMNR. In particular, residual damage to the cone mosaic can be precisely documented.
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Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to patients reported in this study, to the staff from Imagine Eyes for their technical support, and to the orthoptists, nurses, and study coordinators from the CIC503, as well as to the librarian of Quinze-Vingts hospital for her assistance with reference articles.
None of the co-authors have a commercial relationship in relation associated with the data presented in this study.
The project was financially supported by the ANR TecSan 09–09 iPhot and Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB FFB center grant C-GE-0912-0601-INSERM02), and by IA FFB grant N°: CD-CL-0808-0466-CHNO).
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Isabelle Audo and Kiyoko Gocho contributed equally to this work.
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Outer nuclear layer mapping for case 1 at presentation and 9 months and case 2 at 9 and 18 months after onset revealed ONL thinning. (PDF 1592 kb)
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video showing close-up follow-up adaptive optics images of Fig. 4 from the left eye for Case 1, taken from the 2° nasal 2° superior from the foveal center, shows similar pattern of abnormalities as for the right eye, i.e., sharp hyporeflective lesion at presentation, increased in lesion size then decrease with persistent abnormalities at M12 and patchy hyper reflective dots. Scale bar shows 100 μm. (GIF 2924 kb)
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Audo, I., Gocho, K., Rossant, F. et al. Functional and high-resolution retinal imaging monitoring photoreceptor damage in acute macular neuroretinopathy. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 254, 855–864 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-015-3136-6
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