Acute progressive multifocal Best's disease in a 61-year-old man

Am J Ophthalmol. 1997 Jan;123(1):129-31. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)71007-4.

Abstract

Purpose: To report acute progressive multifocal Best's disease in patients in their seventh decade.

Method: We report one such case.

Results: We examined a 61-year-old man with strikingly symmetric, 1-disk diameter serous retinal detachments involving each fovea. Fluorescein angiography was unremarkable, with no dye leakage. Electrophysiologic testing confirmed the diagnosis. Visual acuity decreased, and within 1 month, the size and number of lesions rapidly increased. Three months later, the lesions quickly evolved to the classic vitelliform stage.

Conclusion: This well-documented case expands the spectrum of findings in multifocal Best's disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Disease Progression
  • Electrophysiology
  • Fovea Centralis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Macula Lutea*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retinal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Retinal Diseases / pathology
  • Retinal Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Visual Acuity