Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo 2016 Volume 144, Issue 9-10, Pages: 527-530
https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH1610527O
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Relentless placoid chorioretinitis: A case report
Obradović Ljiljana (Health Center Kragujevac, Kragujevac)
Jovanović Svetlana (Clinical Center Kragujevac, Clinic of Ophthalmology, Kragujevac)
Petrović Nenad (Clinical Center Kragujevac, Clinic of Ophthalmology, Kragujevac)
Srećković Sunčica (Clinical Center Kragujevac, Clinic of Ophthalmology, Kragujevac)
Jovanović Zorica (Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Pathophysiology, Kragujevac)
Introduction. Relentless placoid chorioretinitis is an entity which belongs
to the group of an atypical intermediate form of primary inflammatory
choriocapillaropathies, resembling both acute posterior multifocal placoid
pigment epitheliopathy and serpiginous choroiditis, but the retinal
distribution and clinical course are not the same. Because of this similarity
this entity was termed “AMPPiginous”. This entity was first described by
Jones et al. in 2000. The aim of our case report is to present a very
specific case where the clinical course was progressive, with loss of vision
in the affected eye. Case Outline. A 31-year-old man, with no previous
ophthalmic diseases, was hospitalized at the Clinic of Ophthalmology,
Clinical Center Kragujevac, because of a reduction of vision in the right
eye, and scotoma and metamorphopsia in the left eye. The clinical course of
retinal lesions in the left eye resembled the changes observed in acute
posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy, and the right eye
changes were between acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment
epitheliopathy and serpiginous choroiditis. The diagnosis of relentless
placoid chorioretinitis was confirmed after clinical, laboratory,
immunological, virological, and angiography examinations. Conclusion. The
progressive clinical course of the disease, complemented by multimodal
imaging and extensive laboratory diagnostics, has led us to the diagnosis of
relentless placoid chorioretinitis. The combined anti-inflammatory and
immunomodulatory therapy led to the stabilization of visual acuity of the
left eye as opposed to the right, where there has been no recovery.
Keywords: anti-inflammatory therapy, immunomodulatory therapy, multimodal imaging, primary inflammatory choriocapillaropathies