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Acute Retinal Pigment Epithelitis

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Acute retinal pigment epithelitis (ARPE) is a rare, transient macular disorder that usually occurs in healthy young adults. The pathogenesis remains unknown but the diseases is characterized by a good prognosis with no need for treatment. A multimodal imaging approach including optical coherence tomography, fluorescein angiography and Indocyanine green angiography helps in differentiating ARPE from other inflammatory conditions, avoiding useless therapies.

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  1. Uveitis and Ocular Infectious Diseases Service – Eye Clinic, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science “Luigi Sacco”, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Via G. B. Grassi 74, Milan, 20157, Italy

    Alessandro Invernizzi

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  1. Advanced Eye Center, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

  2. Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Pitié-Salpêtrière University, Paris, France

    Phuc LeHoang

  4. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Carl P Herbort Jr.

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Invernizzi, A. (2016). Acute Retinal Pigment Epithelitis. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Herbort Jr., C. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_67-1

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