[Juvenile macular serous detachment of the retinal pigmented epithelium]

Juvenile macular detachment of the retinal pigmented epithelium is a rare chorioretinal disease, more frequent in young people, with a macular or extramacular localization, single or multiple, and with a good functional prognosis. We present 9 patients (11 eyes), with a mean age 41 years. The disease presented a single localization in 8 cases, a multiple localization in 9 cases, was unilateral in 9 cases, and bilateral in 2 cases. Clinical aspects, pathogeny and functional prognosis are discussed.