Lesión permanente de las capas internas de la retina en una paciente con migraña: un caso diferente de maculopatía paracentral aguda media / Permanent damage of the inner retinal layers in a patient with migraine: A different case of paracentral acute middle maculopathy

Presentamos el caso de una paciente mujer de 20 años que consultó por un escotoma paracentral en su ojo izquierdo que no había desaparecido después de una crisis de migraña 2 días antes. La exploración realizada evidenció la presencia de 2 áreas de palidez retiniana sugestivas de isquemia aguda. Tras descartar varias causas de isquemia retiniana aguda, se llegó al diagnóstico de un síndrome vasoespástico retiniano. Un año después, la paciente presenta una atrofia de las capas internas de la retina afectada y sufre un escotoma paracentral crónico en su ojo izquierdo. Los vasoespasmos retinianos pueden provocar un daño irreversible y crónico debido a la destrucción tisular por la isquemia. Este inusual caso describe una lesión permanente secundaria a un vasoespasmo arterial tras una crisis de migraña. El hallazgo de lesiones retinianas características y la historia de migraña hacen el diagnóstico compatible con un episodio de maculopatía paracentral aguda media (AU)

We report the case of a 20-year-old patient who presented a paracentral scotoma in her left eye that had not disappeared after a migraine attack 2 days before. Ocular examination showed 2 pale paracentral areas suggesting an acute ischemia insult. Several causes of retinal ischemia were ruled out and the patient was diagnosed with secondary retinal vasospasm. One year later, the patient suffers an atrophy of the inner layers of the affected retina and has a paracentral chronic scotoma in her left eye. Retinal vasospasms can result in irreversible lesions and chronic symptoms due to ischemia and cell destruction. This unusual case reports a permanent damage due to retinal vasospasm secondary to migraine attack. The finding of typical lesions and the history of migraine could be compatible with the diagnosis of paracentral acute middle maculopathy (AU)

Permanent damage of the inner retinal layers in a patient with migraine: a different case of paracentral acute middle maculopathy.

We report the case of a 20-year-old patient who presented a paracentral scotoma in her left eye that had not disappeared after a migraine attack two days before. Ocular examination showed two pale paracentral areas suggesting an acute ischemia insult. Several causes of retinal ischemia were ruled out and the patient was diagnosed with secondary retinal vasospasm. One year later, the patient suffers an atrophy of the inner layers of the affected retina and has a paracentral chronic scotoma in her left eye. Retinal vasospasms can result in irreversible lesions and chronic symptoms due to ischemia and cell destruction. This unusual case reports a permanent damage due to retinal vasospasm secondary to migraine attack. The finding of typical lesions and the history of migraine could be compatible with the diagnosis of paracentral acute middle maculopathy (PAMM).