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A Case of Acute Posterior Multi‐Focal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy Associated with Erythema Nodosum
Author(s) -
McGuinness R.,
Mitchell P.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian journal of opthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 0310-1177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1977.tb01737.x
Subject(s) - erythema nodosum , medicine , ophthalmology , dermatology , pathology , disease
S ummary A case of acute Posterior Multi‐focal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy Associated with Erythema Nodosum is described in a 23‐year‐old woman who had received Amoxycillin (Amoxil) for a non specific febrile illness. The benign nature of the lesions and spontaneous resolution with no therapy is stressed. The absence of abnormality on systemic work‐up, except a high E.S.R. is noted. The ætiology of the condition is discussed and the possibility raised that the lesions may be due to a hypersensitivity reaction with an associated abnormality of the choroid and overlying retinal pigment epithelium.