Persistent Placoid Maculopathy Complicated by Cerebral Vasculitis

J Neuroophthalmol. 2017 Sep;37(3):273-275. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000399.

Abstract

Persistent placoid maculopathy (PPM) is a bilateral inflammatory chorioretinopathy characterized by long-standing plaque-like macular lesions. No systemic manifestations have been reported to date. We describe a case of PPM complicated by cerebral vasculitis, suggesting that neurological symptoms, including headache, should be enquired about in all PPM subjects.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brain / pathology
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Macula Lutea / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Retinal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Retinal Diseases / etiology*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / complications*
  • Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / diagnosis
  • Visual Acuity*