title: A case of acute exudative polymorphous vitelliform maculopathy: follow-up and wide-field spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a case of an HIV-positive patient with acute exudative polymorphous vitelliform maculopathy (AEPVM) and evaluate the presence of specific spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) findings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We reviewed the AEPVM cases reported in the literature and compared those to our patient to determine if there is a correspondence between the etiology that leads to the onset of AEPVM and clinical and SD-OCT findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acute exudative polymorphous vitelliform maculopathy is a disease that involves the outer retinal layers with lipofuscin deposits and serous detachment of the neuroepithelium with or without intraretinal cysts. Not much is known about the etiology and pathogenesis, and not many cases have been described. A review of the few clinical cases reported in the literature does not show a specific correspondence between etiology and SD-OCT findings.
authors.affiliation: San Giuseppe Hospital, University Eye Clinic, Milan - Italy.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Massaro
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pece
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pichi
authors.forename: Lawrence A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Yannuzzi
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gilardoni
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carrai
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bonsignore
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nucci
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D000208:Acute Disease; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008062:Lipofuscin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D057826:Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008062:Lipofuscin