May 2003
Volume 44, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2003
High Prevalence of Myopia in Japanese Patients with Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome
T. Asano; M. Kondo; S. Ueno; N. Kondo; H. Terasaki; Y. Miyake
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • T. Asano
    Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
  • M. Kondo
    Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
  • S. Ueno
    Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
  • N. Kondo
    Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
  • H. Terasaki
    Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
  • Y. Miyake
    Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  T. Asano, None; M. Kondo, None; S. Ueno, None; N. Kondo, None; H. Terasaki, None; Y. Miyake, None.
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2003, Vol.44, 4779. doi:
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      T. Asano, M. Kondo, S. Ueno, N. Kondo, H. Terasaki, Y. Miyake; High Prevalence of Myopia in Japanese Patients with Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome . Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2003;44(13):4779.

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Abstract

Abstract: : Purpose: To determine the distribution of refractive errors in Japanese patients with multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) and compare them with age-matched controls. MEWDS is an acute, multifocal, usually unilateral retinopathy, that mainly occurs in young female patients. Methods: Forty-six Japanese patients with MEWDS (10 men and 36 women; ages, 15-58, mean 30.6 years) were studied. Ten patients were seen at the Nagoya University Hospital and thirty-six patients were previously reported in Japanese Journals of Ophthalmology. The refractive errors (spherical equivalent) in the patients were compared with that in 138 age-matched controls. Results: The mean refractive error in the patient group was –5.21±4.68 diopters (D) which was significantly greater than that in the controls (-2.76±3.04 D, P = 0.001). Nineteen of 46 (41.3%) MEWDS patients had refractive error more than –6.00 D, whereas 17 of 138 normal subjects (12.3%) had this degree of myopia, and this difference was statistically significant (P = 0.005). Conclusions: Myopia is commonly found in Japanese patients with MEWDS.

Keywords: myopia • refraction • hyperopia 
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