A patient with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) may develop a number of ophthalmologic and visual complications. The visual problems may develop concurrently with the other neurologic findings or may precede them by several years.
Changes in the retina:
(1) macular or perimacular edema
(2) chorioretinitis
(3) papillitis
(4) papilledema
(5) white retinal infiltrates
Changes in the optic nerve:
(1) optic atrophy
Changes in the brain affecting vision:
(1) cortical blindness
(1a) without denial of blindness
(1b) with denial of blindness (Anton's syndrome)
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