Acute retinal pigment epitheliitis.
OBJECTIVE
We examined a patient with acute retinal pigment epitheliitis before the development of the characteristic pigmentary retinopathy.


METHODS
Three days after onset of blurred vision in her left eye, a 25-year-old woman had a visual acuity of L.E.: 20/40 -2. There were uniform outer retinal golden-colored vacuoles in the area of subsequent foveal pigmentary alterations.


RESULTS
Two months after examination, visual acuity was L.E.: 20/25 -2, and fine subfoveal pigmentary clumping was present.


CONCLUSIONS
The pigmentary maculopathy of acute retinal pigment epitheliitis may be secondary to primary inflammation of the neurosensory retina.
Luttrull
J K
JK
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado, USA.
Chittum
M E
ME
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D012173:Retinitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014792:Visual Acuity