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. 2023 Jul 1;43(7):1122-1131.
doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000003776.

PRIMARY MULTIPLE EVANESCENT WHITE DOT SYNDROME AND MULTIPLE EVANESCENT WHITE DOT SYNDROME SECONDARY TO MULTIFOCAL CHOROIDITIS/PUNCTATE INNER CHOROIDOPATHY: A Comparative Study

Yang Meng  1 , Qi Zhang  2 , Lu Li  1 , Zuohuizi Yi  1 , Yishuang Xu  1 , Yu Su  1 , Congbi Liang  1 , Di Xiao  1 , Lu Zhang  3 , Changzheng Chen  1
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PRIMARY MULTIPLE EVANESCENT WHITE DOT SYNDROME AND MULTIPLE EVANESCENT WHITE DOT SYNDROME SECONDARY TO MULTIFOCAL CHOROIDITIS/PUNCTATE INNER CHOROIDOPATHY: A Comparative Study

Yang Meng et al. Retina. .

Abstract

Purpose: To present and compare the clinical features and multimodal imaging (MMI) findings of the primary form of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) and MEWDS secondary to multifocal choroiditis/punctate inner choroidopathy (MFC/PIC).

Methods: A prospective case series. Thirty eyes of 30 MEWDS patients were included and divided into the primary MEWDS group and MEWDS secondary to MFC/PIC group. Demographic, epidemiologic, and clinical characteristics and MEWDS-related MMI findings of the two groups were compared.

Results: Seventeen eyes from 17 patients with primary MEWDS and 13 eyes from 13 patients with MEWDS secondary to MFC/PIC were evaluated. Patients with MEWDS secondary to MFC/PIC tended to have a higher degree of myopia than those with primary MEWDS. No other significant differences in demographic, epidemiologic, and clinical characteristics and MMI findings were found between the two groups.

Conclusion: "MEWDS-like reaction" hypothesis seems to be correct for MEWDS secondary to MFC/PIC, and the authors highlight the importance of MMI examinations in MEWDS. Further research is needed to confirm whether the hypothesis is applicable to other forms of secondary MEWDS.

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