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Vol. 85. Issue 12.
Pages 405-409 (January 2010)
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Vol. 85. Issue 12.
Pages 405-409 (January 2010)
Atypical manifestations of acute posterior placoid pigment epitheliopathy
Epiteliopatía pigmentaria placoide posterior aguda de presentación atípica
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A.M. Piñero Rodrígueza,b,
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, A. Álvarez Lópeza,b, J. Nadal Reusa,b,c
a Clínica Piñero, Centro Andaluz de Oftalmología, Sevilla, Spain
b Centro Oftalmológico Moreiras, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
c Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain
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Clinical case

A 35-year-old male with rapid loss of vision of his left eye. He complained of a flulike syndrome one week before the beginning of the symptoms. At the left posterior pole there was a white-yellowish subfoveal lesion associated with a subfoveal cyst and neurosensory retina detachment. We decided to initiate treatment with systemic corticosteroids and the sight improved after 4 weeks.

Discussion

Acute posterior placoid pigment epitheliopathy is a disease that typically affects young and healthy adults. It is generally self-limiting and has good visual prognosis. Sometimes the disease includes atypical features such as serous detachment of the neurosensory retina. In these cases we consider that the use of systemic corticosteroids would be necessary.

Keywords:
Atypical placoid epitheliopathy
Neurosensory retina detachment
Inflammation of the retinal pigment epithelium
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Caso clinico

Varón de 35 años con disminución brusca de la visión de su OI y antecedentes de proceso pseudogripal. A la exploración se observa una lesión blanco-amarillenta foveal acompañada de desprendimiento de la retina neurosensorial y un quiste subfoveal. Se decide instaurar tratamiento con corticoides vía oral consiguiéndose una mejoría significativa de la agudeza visual en 4 semanas.

Discusión

La epiteliopatía pigmentaria placoide posterior aguda es una enfermedad que afecta a adultos jóvenes y sanos, que se caracteriza por tener buen pronóstico visual sin la necesidad, en la mayoría de los casos, de tratamiento. Existen casos en los que se manifiesta de forma atípica, en los que consideramos que se tendría que contemplar el tratamiento farmacológico con corticoides.

Palabras clave:
Epiteliopatía placoide atípica
Desprendimiento neurosensorial de la retina
Inflamación del epitelio pigmentado de la retina

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