AIM:Topresentretinalmicrostructure,metabolismandfunctionabnormalitiesinthecourseofmultipleevanescentwhitedotsyndrome(MEWDS)byHeidelbergspectralismodalityimagingplatformandobserveitsoutcomebyEDI-SD-OCTandtwowavelengthautofluorescence.METHODS:Acaseofmultipleevanescentwhitedotsyndromeina23-year-oldfemalepresentedinitiallywitha15-dayhistoryoffloatersandacentralscotomaintherighteye.Toestablishthediagnosis,multimodalityimagingwasperformed,namely,bluelight-fundusautofluorescence(BL-FAF,excitation488nm,emission>500nm),near-infraredfundusautofluorescence(NIR-FAF,excitation787nm,emission>800nm)usingaconfocalscanninglaserophthalmoscope,fundusfluoresceinangiography(FFA),indocyaninegreenangiography(ICGA),spectrum-domainenhancedepthimagingopticalcoherencetomography(SD-EDI-OCT),multifocalelectroretinography(mf-ERG)andfundusphotograghwereperformedandfollowedupattheeighthmonthafterinitiallyvisiting.RESULTS:Opticalcoherencetomography(OCT)showedatransientdisruptionofthefovealphotoreceptoroutersegmentsincorrespondencetofovealgranularity.NIR-FAFshowedhypoautofluorescentareas,≤40μminsize,mostlyconcentratedaroundtheposteriorpoleanditstemporalsidelessthanthatinBL-FAF.Mf-ERGshowpinnacledisappearedinfoveaandmaculaandresponsesdecreasedmarkedlycomparedwiththefolloweye.Attheeighthmonthfollowup,hyperfluorescenceinBL-FAFweredisappear,while,NIR-FAFHypofluorescentspotsinearlystageofsuchlesionwerereduced.ButOCTdemonstratedthestructurewasrecoveredinresidualHypofluorescentareainNIR-FAF.Thesubfovealchoroidalthicknesswasdecreasedfrom372μmto307μmslightlyandcostlinewasrecovered.CONCLUSION:MEWDSisabenignself-healingdiseaseandthereisnopathologicalevidencetoinvestigatethenaturalcourseofsuchdisease.SD-OCTallowshighlydetailedimagesapproachinghistopathologytocertifythemicrostructura
