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Three cases of acute-onset bilateral photophobia

Ueno, Shinji ; Inooka, Daiki ; Meinert, Monika LU orcid ; Ito, Yasuki ; Tsunoda, Kazushige ; Fujinami, Kaoru ; Iwata, Takeshi ; Ohde, Hisao and Terasaki, Hiroko (2019) In Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology 63(2). p.172-180
Abstract

Purpose: To report the findings in 3 cases of bilateral negative electroretinograms (ERGs) with acute onset of photophobia. Study design: Retrospective case series. Methods: The medical charts of the 3 patients were reviewed. Results: A 43-year-old woman, a 68-year-old woman, and a 41-year-old woman were referred to Nagoya University Hospital. Their main symptom was bilateral acute photophobia. None of the patients had any systemic diseases or specific medical history. The decimal best-corrected visual acuity (> 0.8) and Humphrey visual fields (mean deviation > -3 dB) were relatively well preserved in all 3 patients. The optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fundus autofluorescence findings were essentially normal. Fluorescein... (More)

Purpose: To report the findings in 3 cases of bilateral negative electroretinograms (ERGs) with acute onset of photophobia. Study design: Retrospective case series. Methods: The medical charts of the 3 patients were reviewed. Results: A 43-year-old woman, a 68-year-old woman, and a 41-year-old woman were referred to Nagoya University Hospital. Their main symptom was bilateral acute photophobia. None of the patients had any systemic diseases or specific medical history. The decimal best-corrected visual acuity (> 0.8) and Humphrey visual fields (mean deviation > -3 dB) were relatively well preserved in all 3 patients. The optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fundus autofluorescence findings were essentially normal. Fluorescein angiography showed mild leakage in 1 patient but no abnormality in the other 2 patients. However, the ERGs of the 3 patients had the features of abnormal ERGs found in patients with incomplete congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB). Exome analyses found no pathogenic variants related to known CSNB-related genes. The symptoms and ERGs of the 3 patients have not progressed or recovered after a relatively long follow-up period. Conclusion: The ERG characteristics of 3 patients with bilateral photophobia were similar to those of incomplete CSNB, suggesting post-phototransductional abnormalities. The symptoms and genetic analyses indicated the possibility of an acquired condition rather than a hereditary retinal disease.

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Acquired retinal disease, Incomplete-type congenital stationary night blindness, Negative-type ERG, Post-phototransduction abnormality
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Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology
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63
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2
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172 - 180
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Springer
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  • scopus:85059585566
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0021-5155
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10.1007/s10384-018-00649-0
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English
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  author       = {{Ueno, Shinji and Inooka, Daiki and Meinert, Monika and Ito, Yasuki and Tsunoda, Kazushige and Fujinami, Kaoru and Iwata, Takeshi and Ohde, Hisao and Terasaki, Hiroko}},
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