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acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE)
Etiology:
- often occurs after systemic infection
Clinical manifestations:
- sudden onset of bilateral, asymmetric visual loss associated with appearance of multiple light-colored lesions in retina
- scotoma
- photopsia
- lesions begin to clear up & disappear, leaving the eye with a light, mottled shade
Special laboratory:
- fluorescein angiography
General
uveitis
retinitis
References
- Wikipedia: Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment
epitheliopathy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_posterior_multifocal_placoid_pigment_epitheliopathy
- EyeWiki: Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment
Epitheliopathy
http://eyewiki.aao.org/Acute_Posterior_Multifocal_Placoid_Pigment_Epitheliopathy
- Kooragayala LM and Roy H
Medscape: eMedicine: Acute Multifocal Placoid Pigment
Epitheliopathy
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1225531-overview