Atypical manifestations of acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2006 Mar;54(1):49-52. doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.21618.

Abstract

We report four patients with acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE) with atypical features which were unilaterality, serous detachment of the neurosensory retina, retinal vasculitis and papillitis. All patients responded well to oral corticosteroids. We suggest that systemic corticosteroids could be useful in selected cases of APMPPE with atypical clinical features.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pigment Epithelium of Eye / pathology*
  • Prednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Retinal Diseases / drug therapy
  • Retinal Diseases / pathology*
  • Visual Acuity

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Prednisolone