A Case of Acute Posterior Multlfocal Placoid Pigment Epithellopathy.
- Author:
Tae Wook AHN
1
;
Seung Wook HAN
;
Jin Ki LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Fatima Hospital, Taegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adult;
Choroid;
Epithelium;
Female;
Fluorescein Angiography;
Fluorescence;
Humans
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1986;27(4):702-708
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy(APMPPE), first described in 1968 by Gass, is chracterized by rapid loss of central vision secondary to multifocal, yellow-white placoid lesions at the level of the pigment epithelium and choroid and significant visual improvement after spontaneous resolution of the active lesions within several weeks or months. Fluorescein angiography shows chracteristically that the chtoidal fluorescence is not visible at the site of acute lesion in the early arterial and arteriovenous phases and become hyperfluorescent due to staining of the lesions in the late venous phases. We experienced a case of acute multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy in 26 years old female patient occurring in both eyes.
