ABSTRACT
Seven acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy [APMPPE] patients from Pakistan had widely variable presentation and outcome. These patients, ranging in age from 16 to 50, were seen during the period from March 1990 to September 1991 at the Department of Ophthalmology, Dow Medical College, Karachi. Four cases were bilateral and three unilateral. Only one patient presented with associatd headache and systemic symptoms, but other six gave a history of preceding flu-like illness. Outcome varied from near full recovery to a marked reducation in vision with persistent paracentral scotomas. One 24-year-old woman also had bilateral deep macular hemorrhage. [Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology 8:61-66, July, 1992]
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Humans , Female , Chorioretinitis/etiologyABSTRACT
This is the first report of a planned study of fluorescein angiography from Pakistan. A total of 220 patients underwent fundus fluorescein angiography [FFA] from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1992 on outpatient basis at the department of Ophthalmology, Civil Hospital, Dow Medical College, Karachi. The method proved safe and financially affordable for our people, at an average cost of R[s]. 300.00 [US $12] per test. Out of a total of 220 cases, 70 [31.82%] had non-inflammatory retinal vascular disease; 44 [20%] had inflammatory diseases, 21 [9.55%] had degenerative macular disease, 19 [8.64%] had central serous retinopathy, 18 [8-18%] had hereditary retinal dystrophoies, 10 [4.6%] had cystoid macular edema, eight [3.64%] had traumatic maculopathy, five [2.27%] had angioid steaks, three [1.4%] had retinal detachment, and 22 [10%] made up the miscellaneous group. The procedure also proved very helpful in selecting patients for laser photocoagulation, [Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology 8:91-95, 1992]