Unilateral Pigmented Paravenous Retinochoroidal Atrophy Associated With Presumed Ocular Tuberculosis

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2017 Apr 1;48(4):345-349. doi: 10.3928/23258160-20170329-10.

Abstract

This report describes a case of unilateral pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy (PPRCA) in a patient with low-grade unilateral intermediate uveitis. A 31-year-old woman, previously diagnosed with intermediate uveitis in the right eye (OD) presented to the clinic. Best-corrected visual acuity was 20/20 OD. Fundus examination, fluorescein angiography, autofluorescence, and optical coherence tomography OD were in keeping with a phenotypic diagnosis of PPRCA. Electrophysiology showed severe photoreceptor dysfunction of both the rod and the cone systems OD. Systemic workup revealed QuantiFERON-gold positive. This is the first report of unilateral PPRCA secondary to presumed ocular tuberculosis. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2017;48:345-349.].

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Choroid / pathology
  • Electroretinography
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Hyperpigmentation / diagnosis
  • Hyperpigmentation / etiology*
  • Pigment Epithelium of Eye / pathology
  • Pigment Epithelium of Eye / physiopathology
  • Retinal Degeneration / diagnosis
  • Retinal Degeneration / etiology*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Tuberculosis, Ocular / complications*
  • Tuberculosis, Ocular / diagnosis
  • Visual Acuity*
  • Visual Fields