title: Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy with cerebral involvement.
abstract: In a patient with angiographically proven cerebral vasculitis five months after acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE) neurological symptoms promptly responded to steroid treatment. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) showed a lymphocytic pleocytosis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed multifocal white matter lesions in the hemispheres and the brain stem suggesting a diffuse subcortical vasculitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stoll
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reiners
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Kaup
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Althaus
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Freund
mesh_terms: D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003907:Dexamethasone; D008775:Methylprednisolone