The authors describe a @entity1 with acute onset @entity6017 , "probable", according to criteria of Bohan and Peter, as well as the development of the disease in the course of 21 months. A special feature was the decline of visual acuity (practically to the level of @entity1939 ). The cause was severe @entity989 with dominance of macular @entity4 , " @entity2708 wool" spots and @entity548 , as apparent from photographs of the fundus and findings obtained by @entity941 angiography. The problem of initial treatment was resistance to megadoses of glucocorticoid (i.v. pulses). A favourable change occurred only after i.v. administration of polyvalent immunoglobulin in a total dose of 600 mg/kg body weight. Then the authors observed the unique phenomenon of regression of @entity2479 incl. the macula, of the @entity548 and " @entity2708 wool" spots. Consistent with it vision off the right eye improved to 1.0 and the left eye to 0.66 in the course of 11 months. Stabilized retinal neovascularizations persist. On account of the latter the authors treated the retina by laser panretinocoagulation.

[ XXXX in @entity6017 ].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patient'] @entity6017 :: ('MESH:D003882', 'Disease') :: ['dermatomyositis'] @entity2708 :: ('3635', 'Species') :: ['cotton'] @entity548 :: ('MESH:D006470', 'Disease') :: ['haemorrhages'] @entity2479 :: ('MESH:D012173', 'Disease') :: ['retinal oedema'] @entity4 :: ('MESH:D004487', 'Disease') :: ['oedema'] @entity1939 :: ('MESH:D001766', 'Disease') :: ['blindness'] @entity941 :: ('MESH:D019793', 'Chemical') :: ['fluorescein'] @entity989 :: ('MESH:D012164', 'Disease') :: ['retinopathy']
@entity989 :: (MESH:D012164,Disease) :: ['Retinopathy']
