To report specific spectral domain OCT findings of Oguchi disease diagnosed with fundoscopic examination and electrophysiological study.
Case summaryA 14-year-old patient visited our clinic with a complaint of night blindness for ten years. Fundoscopic examination showed a golden-yellow fundus reflex. After three hours of dark adaptation, the fundus color returned to normal (Mizuo-Nakamura phenomenon). In full-field ERG, rod b-wave was not detectable. The a-wave amplitude in maximal combined response increased after three hours of dark adaptation, although the b-wave amplitude was similar to the amplitude before dark adaptation, demonstrating a negative waveform. In the spectral domain OCT images of the perifoveal area, no gap between the retinal pigment epithelium and the inner segment/outer segment (IS/OS) junction was detected before prolonged dark adaptation, and a highly reflective band was shown. However, the gap appeared after three hours of dark adaptation, and two highly reflective bands were detected in the OCT images.
ConclusionsThe characteristic OCT finding in addition to the specific fundoscopic finding and full-field ERG results may be useful to diagnose Oguchi disease.