[Atypical manifestations of acute posterior placoid pigment epitheliopathy]

A 35-year-old male with rapid loss of vision of his left eye. He complained of a flulike syndrome one week before the beginning of the symptoms. At the left posterior pole there was a white-yellowish subfoveal lesion associated with a subfoveal cyst and neurosensory retina detachment. We decided to initiate treatment with systemic corticosteroids and the sight improved after 4 weeks.

Acute posterior placoid pigment epitheliopathy is a disease that typically affects young and healthy adults. It is generally self-limiting and has good visual prognosis. Sometimes the disease includes atypical features such as serous detachment of the neurosensory retina. In these cases we consider that the use of systemic corticosteroids would be necessary.