Title of article :
Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome: A Case Report and Experience with Corticosteroid Therapy
Author/Authors :
Norooznezhad, Amir Hossein School of Medicine - Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran , Mohammadzadeh, Vahid Department of Ophthalmology - Stein Eye Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A , Kadivar, Sakineh Eye Research Center - Amiralmomenin Eye Hospital - Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran , Ghassemi, Fariba Department of Retina - Farabi Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Abstract :
Multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) is an inflammatory eye disease of the
outer retina, retinal pigmented epithelium, choroid presenting with photopsia, loss of vision,
and temporal scotoma. The patient was a 31-year-old female with a history of vision loss
since 11 days ago (left eye). At presentation, best-corrected Snellen visual acuity was 20/140
in the Snellen chart. We decided to treat her with short time corticosteroid therapy (0.75
mg/kg/day prednisolone which was tapered in 3 weeks) for any possible rapid recovery of
vision. The visual acuity of the involved eye was improved to 20/25 and 20/20, one week
and three weeks after starting treatment respectively. Thus, it seems that short-term oral
steroids might be an alternative method of management for patients with MEWDS.
Keywords :
Inflammation , Prednisolone , White dot syndromes
Journal title :
Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
