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 welldefined areas of atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Conclusions: This case report emphasizes the role of the RPE in the pathogenesis of APMPPE.
Functional and anatomic changes in acute multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy: a case report / Cennamo, G; Nicoletti, G; Amoroso, F; Velotti, N; Soda, M; DE CRECCHIO, Giuseppe. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. - ISSN 1120-6721. - 24:2(2014), pp. 286-289. [10.5301/ejo.5000374]
Functional and anatomic changes in acute multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy: a case report.
DE CRECCHIO, GIUSEPPE
2014
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 welldefined areas of atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Conclusions: This case report emphasizes the role of the RPE in the pathogenesis of APMPPE.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
