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Case Reports
. 2019 Sep;116(9):887-892.
doi: 10.1007/s00347-018-0848-0.

[Bilateral multifocal pigment epithelial detachments associated with inhaled corticosteroids]

[Article in German]
A Bindewald-Wittich  1   2 , C Milojcic  3 , M Pfau  3 , F G Holz  3
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[Bilateral multifocal pigment epithelial detachments associated with inhaled corticosteroids]

[Article in German]
A Bindewald-Wittich et al. Ophthalmologe. 2019 Sep.

Abstract

A 37-year-old male patient presented with metamorphopsia and unilateral visual impairment with the presence of hundreds of bilateral avascular retinal pigment epithelial detachments (PEDs). The patient suffered from allergic bronchial asthma which was treated with inhaled corticosteroids. Cessation of corticosteroid treatment resulted in flattening of larger PEDs and subsequent transition to atrophic areas over time while smaller PEDs persisted and spread peripherally over an observation period of 14½ years.

Keywords: Allergic bronchial asthma; Central serous chorioretinopathy; Choroidal hyperpermeability; Metamorphopsia; Multimodal retinal imaging.

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