Several features of PCD could also be consistent with postinflammatory changes of a retinal white dot syndrome [19, 56-65].
Freund et al., "Fundus autofluorescence and photoreceptor bleaching in multiple evanescent white dot syndrome," Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina, vol.
Multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) was first described in 1984 as a rare, sudden onset of unilateral chorioretinopathy, with the predominant sign being multifocal yellow-white spots throughout the retina [1, 2].
Gilbert, "Multiple evanescent white dot syndrome. I.
In PubMed, the term "multifocal evanescent
white dot syndrome," using all or parts of the term, brought up 151 articles.
Multiple Evanescent
White Dot Syndrome. Multiple evanescent
white dot syndrome (MEWDS) is a retinochoroiditis that is typically described in young myopic females and is occasionally preceded by a viral prodrome.
The recent use of "en-face" enhanced-depth imaging spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (EDI SD-OCT) helps distinguish the retinal layers involved in the physiopathology of multiple evanescent
white dot syndrome (MEWDS).
Miller, "Distinguishing
white dot syndromes with patterns of choroidal hypoperfusion on optical coherence tomography angiography," Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina, vol.
Though rare, lyme disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of
white dot syndromes (see pages 241-243).
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Punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC) is a posterior uveitis belonging to the group of idiopathic
white dot syndromes. It tends to present in young to middle aged women with myopia [1].
White dot syndromes have been associated with various diseases that are characterized by delayed hypersensitivity reaction such as sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, schistosomiasis and also Lyme disease.