Acute Pontine Infarct in a 16-Year-Old Man with Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy. A Case Report

Jaramillo A.; Gaete, G; Romero P.; Orellana P.; Illanes, S

Abstract

A 16-year-old boy recently diagnosed with acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE) developed an acute infarct in the left pontine region. No relevant abnormalities were found in the brain and cervical angiography, echocardiography, cerebrospinal fluid, and blood samples. Funduscopically, lesions were multiple circumscribed, creamy yellow patches, flat lesions at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium, and the fluorescence angiography confirmed an APMPPE. All visual and neurological symptoms reverted completely after use of steroid. Our patient is the youngest patient with APMPPE and stroke described so far, being the common age presentation between 20 to 40 years. © 2009 National Stroke Association.

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Título según WOS: Acute Pontine Infarct in a 16-Year-Old Man with Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy. A Case Report
Título según SCOPUS: Acute Pontine Infarct in a 16-Year-Old Man with Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy. A Case Report
Título de la Revista: JOURNAL OF STROKE & CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES
Volumen: 18
Número: 2
Editorial: Elsevier
Fecha de publicación: 2009
Página de inicio: 164
Página final: 166
Idioma: English
URL: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1052305708002140
DOI:

10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.08.004

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS