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Acute idiopathic blind spot enlargement. A spectrum of disease.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2052303     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The authors present a report on their experience with 10 patients with acute idiopathic blind spot enlargement. All had enlarged steep-margined blind spots without accompanying changes in optic disc appearance, significantly diminished visual acuity or color vision. Fluorescein angiography was obtained in eight patients. Five patients had retinal appearance that was either normal or could not be attributed to a known disease entity. Three patients had the multiple evanescent white dot syndrome, one had acute macular neuroretinopathy, and at least one had presumed ocular histoplasmosis. It has been proposed that acute idiopathic blind spot enlargement is a subset of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome. The authors' findings suggest that multiple evanescent white dot syndrome and other retinal diseases, some not yet identified, are subsets of acute idiopathic blind spot enlargement.
Authors:
K Singh; M P de Frank; W T Shults; R C Watzke
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Ophthalmology     Volume:  98     ISSN:  0161-6420     ISO Abbreviation:  Ophthalmology     Publication Date:  1991 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1991-07-22     Completed Date:  1991-07-22     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7802443     Medline TA:  Ophthalmology     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  497-502     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acute Disease
Adult
Color Vision Defects / pathology
Female
Fluorescein Angiography
Fundus Oculi
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Optic Disk / pathology*
Perimetry
Pigment Epithelium of Eye / pathology
Retinal Diseases / pathology*
Visual Acuity
Visual Fields

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