Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy (AZOOR) in a patient with Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Abstract

ABSTRACT Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) is a rare disease characterized by an acute damage of one or more external retinal zones leading to the visual field or the visual acuity impairment associated with small or no changes in the fundus examination.The main clinical symptoms are scotomas and the sudden onset of photopsias. Abnormal findings on electroretinography and visual field defects are critical for the diagnosis. Central vision is usually preserved and the stabilization occurs in six months in most cases. The objective of this article is to describe a 24-month follow-up of a patient with AZOOR and correlate the findings with the typical features of this disease.

Keywords

• Retinopathy
• Electroretinography
• Scotoma
• Tomography, optical coherence
• Retinal diseases
• Visual acuity
• Hashimoto disease
• Case reports