The natural history of idiopathic neuroretinitis

Optical coherence tomography showed the retinal thickening and subretinal fluid had partly resolved but there were new focal areas of hyper-reflectivity in the outer plexiform layer, representing the exudates that made up the macular star ( figure 2 B). [...]although most cases of neuroretinitis are idiopathic and have a good prognosis, it can be associated with a variety of infectious diseases such as cat-scratch disease (Bartonella), Lyme disease (Borrelia) and syphilis.