title: Subretinal fluid in acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical finding of macular subretinal fluid by optical coherence tomography in patients with acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy were identified, and those with macular serous retinal detachment noted clinically and confirmed by optical coherence tomography are described.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 8 patients with acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy evaluated by the uveitis service at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary between 2003 and 2008, 4 eyes of 3 patients presented with macular subretinal fluid. Confirmatory optical coherence tomography was performed in two patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy may present clinically with macular subretinal fluid. This finding can be confirmed and monitored with optical coherence tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Blair
authors.forename: Howard H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Tessler
authors.forename: Debra A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001826:Body Fluids; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D055213:Retinal Pigment Epithelium / Q000473:pathology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011241:Prednisone