Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy

Abstract

Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) is an acquired retinal diseases. The majority of patients who develop AZOOR are women characterized by an acute onset of visual blurred and scotoma with photopsias. The fundus examination is often normal or appeared mild abnormal. The RPE atrophy of fundus is similar with white syndrome. Although FFA and ICGA features are either unremarkable or unrelated to AZOOR, there are still important in differential diagnosis. The characteristic abnormalities appearance of FAF(complicated and varied), OCT (regional anomaly of ellipsoid zone), visual field (visual field defect) and ERG(decreased amplitude and prolonged latency of rod reaction, maximum reaction, cone reaction and scintillation reaction) are considered critical examinations to the diagnosis of AZOOR. Although there is no effective therapy for AZOOR, it has some self-limitation. Key words: Retinal diseases; Disease attributes; Visual field tests; Tomography, optical coherence; Electroretinography; Review