acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE)

Etiology

• often occurs after systemic infection

Clinical manifestations

• sudden onset of bilateral, asymmetric visual loss associated with appearance of multiple light-colored lesions in retina
• scotoma
• photopsia
• lesions begin to clear up & disappear, leaving the eye with a light, mottled shade

Diagnostic procedures

• fluorescein angiography

More general terms

• uveitis
• retinitis