title: Long-term observations of patients with acute retinal pigment epitheliitis.
abstract: Because of some authors presumptions that acute retinal pigment epitheliitis is not a distinct clinical entity but the early stage of other fundus diseases, the results of long-term observations of 5 patients with this disease are reported. The results of 6- to 7-year observations of these patients have shown that in none of them the fundus lesions developed into other retinal diseases. This indicates that acute retinal pigment epitheliitis is a distinct clinical entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Academy of Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prost
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields