title: Optical coherence tomography findings in a case of acute multifocal posterior placoid pigment epitheliopathy (AMPPPE).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings in a case of acute multifocal posterior placoid pigment epitheliopathy (AMPPPE).
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 26-year-old woman was seen for a mild loss of visual acuity in both eyes. The fundus examination revealed yellow-white placoid lesions in the posterior pole suggesting AMPPPE. Fluorescein and indocyanine green (ICG) angiography and optical coherence tomography (OCT) were performed 2 days, 9 days, and 1 month after the first examination.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the acute phases the OCT revealed a mild hyperreflective area above the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) in the photoreceptor layer. In the later phases the OCT scan revealed a nodular hyperreflective lesion on the plane of the RPE with mild underlying backscattering.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In AMPPPE, the OCT demonstrates hyperreflective lesions that may indicate inflammatory tissue and inflammatory cells or the presence of ischemic edema in the outer retinal layers.
authors.affiliation: S Pietro Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lofoco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ciucci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bardocci
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Quercioli
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Steigerwalt
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Gaetano
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D007208:Indocyanine Green