Functional and anatomic changes in acute multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy: a case report

Eur J Ophthalmol. 2014 Mar-Apr;24(2):286-9. doi: 10.5301/ejo.5000374. Epub 2013 Sep 23.

Abstract

Purpose: To report the functional and anatomic features of a case of acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE).

Methods: Case report.

Results: A 30-year-old man presented with a decrease of visual acuity that started a few days earlier. Fundus examination showed multiple, subretinal, white-yellowish lesions at the posterior pole in both eyes, suggesting APMPPE. Symptoms and clinical signs resolved within a few weeks, leaving well-defined areas of atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).

Conclusions: This case report emphasizes the role of the RPE in the pathogenesis of APMPPE.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Coloring Agents
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Humans
  • Indocyanine Green
  • Male
  • Pigment Epithelium of Eye / physiopathology*
  • Retinal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Retinal Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Vision Disorders / physiopathology
  • Visual Acuity

Substances

  • Coloring Agents
  • Indocyanine Green