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PLACOID PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY PRESENTING AS AN ANTERIOR UVEITIS: A Case Report
Author(s) -
LOWES MARTIN
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1977.tb08278.x
Subject(s) - medicine , malaise , headaches , uveitis , ophthalmology , fluorescein angiography , mydriatics , retinal , surgery , pupil , neuroscience , biology
A young woman with acute posterior multifocal placoid epitheliopathy originally presented with signs and symptoms of an anterior uveitis. Prior to the eye condition the patient had experienced headaches and malaise with some muscle and joint tenderness, and had been treated with penicillin because of a dental infection. The clinical and fluorescein angiographic findings are presented. The evidence supports the concept of a primary vascular disturbance of the choriocapillaris with secondary involvement of the retinal pigment epithelium.