Acute multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy associated with cavernous sinus thrombosis.
Acute multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (AMPPE) has been associated with disease of the central nervous system. In this case report, we discuss a patient presenting with AMPPE in the setting of a new central nervous system association: cavernous sinus thrombosis.
Kline
Daniel C
DC
University of Utah, Ophthalmology, John A Moran Eye Center, 65 N. Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. dkline@post.harvard.edu
Vitale
Albert
A
Warner
Judith E
JE
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D020226:Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012607:Scotoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014794:Visual Fields