Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy

The pathogenesis of acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE) is not fully understood. Some believe it to be a primary dysfunction of the retinal pigment epithelium while others assume that its development follows a choroidal vasculitis. It generally presents as a bilateral condition and shows no sex predilection. The visual prognosis is generally good, though severe and permanent visual loss occasionally occurs. The funduscopic presentation consists of multiple flat, yellow-white lesions of the posterior pole at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium. This paper discusses a case of APMPPE and reviews and summarizes the current literature on this disorder.