Case Report
Idiopathic Organ Transplant Chorioretinopathy
after Liver Transplantation
Maria Fernanda Abalem, Pedro Carlos Carricondo,
Sergio Luis Gianotti Pimentel, and Walter Yukihiko Takahashi
Retina and Vitreous Department, Universidade de S˜ ao Paulo, Brazil
Correspondence should be addressed to Maria Fernanda Abalem; fernanda.abalem@gmail.com
Received 25 January 2015; Accepted 10 March 2015
Academic Editor: Maurizio Battaglia Parodi
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Idiopathic organ transplant chorioretinopathy is a rare disease associated with kidney and heart transplantation. We present a case
secondary to liver transplantation including its multimodal imaging, diferential diagnosis, and physiopathology discussion.
1. Introduction
Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) in the setting of
solid organ transplantation (SOT), especially kidney, is a
well-described condition. Although still poorly understood,
it seems to be multifactorial, probably related to the use of
corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents, underlying
disease and type of organ transplant received. Four distinct
patterns have been described, based on fuorescein angiog-
raphy (FA), including difuse retinal pigment epitheliopathy
(DRPE), focal CSC, multifocal CSC, and CSC with bullous
retinal detachment (RD) [1, 2].
Gass et al. described four cases of posterior idiopathic
chorioretinopathy, another and broader spectrum of clinical
fndings, in patients afer kidney and heart-lung trans-
plantation. Te similarity among them was the presence
of geographic zones of disruption and coarse clumping
of the retina pigment epithelium (RPE), associated to RD
[3].
We describe a case of idiopathic organ transplant chori-
oretinopathy (IOTC) following liver transplantation, assessed
by FA, indocyanine green angiography (ICG), fundus aut-
ofuorescence (FAF), retinal optical coherence tomography
(OCT), and enhanced depth imaging by spectral-domain
OCT (EDI).
2. Case Report
A 60-year-old man was referred to the Ophthalmology
Department for assessment of progressive blurred vision in
both eyes, in the past two years. He had a liver transplan-
tation 3 years before, due to liver failure afer hepatitis C.
He developed chronic arterial hypertension and mild renal
insufciency as collateral efects of transplant medication.
Tere were no medical records of transplant rejection.
Te medication in use was acetylsalicylic acid (100 mg),
anlodipine (5 mg), furosemide (40 mg), tacrolimus (1 mg),
and mycophenolate mofetil (360 mg), all for three years. He
also had a past history of corticosteroid use (5 to 10 mg) for 6
months afer the transplant.
In the ophthalmological examination, he presented a
corrected visual acuity of 20/200 in both eyes. Tere was no
pupillary refex defect. Te biomicroscopy was unremark-
able. Te fundoscopy (Figure 1) showed mild hypertensive
retinopathy and mottled pigmentary changes in posterior
pole. Te Spectralis SD-OCT (Heildelberg Engineering,
Heildelberg, Germany) evidenced a serous macular detach-
ment with protein-enriched fuid, without RPE detachment
(Figure 2). Te EDI evidenced a thickened choroid (450 ,
measured subfoveal, from the outer border of RPE to the
inner border sclera) with hyperrefective dots (Figure 3). FA
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Volume 2015, Article ID 964603, 5 pages
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