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¹MD. Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Atatürk Research and Training Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara/TURKEY
²MD. Assistant Professor, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara/TURKEY
³MD., Dıskapı Children’s Education and Training Hematology Oncology Hospital, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Ankara/TURKEY
⁴MD. Associated Professor, Dıskapı Children’s Education and Training Hematology Oncology Hospital, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Ankara/TURKEY
⁵MD. Professor, Ufuk University, School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara/TURKEY The purpose of this study was to report a SSPE patient presenting with bilateral optic atrophy, maculopathy, and widespread chorioretinitis. A 14-year-old girl was admitted to our hospital with the complaint of sudden painless visual loss in both eyes with a 1-month interval. Best corrected visual acuity was finger counting level in both eyes. Bilateral optic atrophy, macular scar, and chorioretinitis affecting the whole posterior segment were observed. Encephalopathy and convulsions developed 2 months after the presentation of eye findings. She was diagnosed with SSPE according to clinical, electroencephalographic, and cerebrospinal fluid findings. SSPE should be considered in the differential diagnosis of optic atrophy and atypical widespread chorioretinitis in young patients, especially in countries where SSPE has a higher incidence rate. Keywords : SSPE, optic atrophy, chorioretinitis