title: [Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy associated with Graves-Basedow's disease].
abstract: METHODS
  We present a case of a 40-years-old woman with an acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE) associated with recent instauration hyperthyroidism symptoms. A Graves' disease was diagnosed and the patient was initially controlled with antithyroid drugs. The epitheliopathy evolution was relatively favourable without relapse. Two years later a thyroidectomy was performed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We have not found in the literature any APMPPE case associated with Graves' disease. We only found an APMPPE case associated with a subacute thyroiditis. Little is known about the APMPPE causes, it could be that placoid epitheliopathy and Graves' disease had a common autoimmune origin. We can not forget that our finding could be only a matter of chance.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de la Esperanza y Hospital del Mar, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Ruiz Viñals
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Buil Calvo
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Martínez Giralto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castilla Céspedes
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D013956:Antithyroid Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D008713:Methimazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D013968:Thyroiditis, Subacute / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013956:Antithyroid Agents; D008713:Methimazole; D013974:Thyroxine