title: Functional and anatomic changes in acute multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the functional and anatomic features of a case of acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE).
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 30-year-old man presented with a decrease of visual acuity that started a few days earlier. Fundus examination showed multiple, subretinal, white-yellowish lesions at the posterior pole in both eyes, suggesting APMPPE. Symptoms and clinical signs resolved within a few weeks, leaving well-defined areas of atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case report emphasizes the role of the RPE in the pathogenesis of APMPPE.
authors.affiliation: Eye Clinic, Dipartimento Neuroscienze, Scienze Riproduttive, Odontostomatologiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II," Naples - Italy.
authors.forename: Gilda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cennamo
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nicoletti
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Amoroso
authors.forename: Nunzio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Velotti
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soda
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Crecchio
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004396:Coloring Agents; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D008297:Male; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007208:Indocyanine Green