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White dot syndromes are inflammatory diseases characterized by the presence of white dots on the fundus, the interior surface of the eye. [1] The majority of individuals affected with white dot syndromes are younger than fifty years of age. Some symptoms include blurred vision and visual field loss. [2]
Punctate inner choroiditis (PIC) is an inflammatory choroiditis which occurs mainly in young women. Symptoms include blurred vision and scotomata. Yellow lesions are mainly present in the posterior pole and are between 100 and 300 micrometres in size. PIC is one of the so-called White Dot Syndromes.
The typical patient with MEWDS is a healthy female aged between 15 and 50. There is a gender disparity as women are affected with MEWDS four times more often than men. Roughly 30% of patients have experienced an associated viral prodrome. Patients present with acute, painless, unilateral change in vision. [1]
It occurs equally between men and women with a male to female ratio of 1.2:1. Mean onset age is 27, but has been seen in people aged 16 to 40. [1] It is known to occur after or concurrently with a systemic infection (but not always), showing that it is related generally to an altered immune system. Recurrent episodes can happen, but are ...
In some of these cases, the presentation in the eye is characteristic of a described syndrome, which are called white dot syndromes, and include the following diagnoses: acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy; birdshot chorioretinopathy; multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis; multiple evanescent white dot syndrome
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Wet lung syndrome in newborn; WHIM syndrome; White dog shaker syndrome; White dot syndromes; White spot syndrome; White-nose syndrome; Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome; Wiedemann–Rautenstrauch syndrome; Wildervanck syndrome; Williams syndrome; Williams–Campbell syndrome; Wilson's temperature syndrome; Wilson–Mikity syndrome; Wilson–Turner ...
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