A Case of Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy, Associated with Bilateral Serous Retinal Detachment.

Yi, Kun Pok; Hong, Ki Young; Kim, Seog Son

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1988;29(3):425-430.
Published online March 1, 1988.

A Case of Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy, Associated with Bilateral Serous Retinal Detachment.

Kun Pok Yi, Ki Young Hong, Seog Son Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, Masan Koryo General Rospital, Masan, Korea.

장액성 망막박리를 동반한 급성 후극부 다소성 색소상피증 1 예

이근복(Kun Pok Yi),홍기영(Ki Young Hong),김석손(Seog Son Kim)

Abstract

Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy(APMPPE) was first described by Gass in 1968. This syndrome is characterized by sudden loss of central vision secondary to multifocal yellowish-white placoid lesion of posterior pole at the level of the pigment epithelium and significant visual improvement after spontaneous resolution within a few weeks. In the early arterial and arteriovenous phase of fluorescein angiography, choroidal fluorescence is blocked by the placoid lesion but becomes hyperfluorescent in the late venous phase due to staining of the lesion. We experienced and treated a case of acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy associated with bilateral serous retinal detachment in 29 years old male patient, who had a good visual improvement.