Cone pigments in acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy

Abstract

We measured cone pigment density and kinetics with a reflection retinal densitometer during the evolution and resolution of posterior pole lesions in a 17-year-old patient with acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy. Three weeks after onset, density was markedly reduced and regeneration complex and nonexponential. Pigment density increased, and kinetics returned to normal as the disease resolved.