Persistent Placoid Maculopathy: Prognosis Factors and Functional Outcomes

cited By 0Purpose: To identify prognosis factors and functional outcomes of persistent placoid maculopathy (PPM). Methods: We collected personal PPM cases and combined them with the data from the literature. Results: 68 eyes of 37 patients with PPM were analyzed, including six new cases. Twenty-six patients were men (70%) with a mean age of 51.8 years old. The mean initial visual acuity (VA) was 0.52 LogMar ± 0.55 for a mean final VA of 0.49 LogMar ± 0.51. Risk factors for poor VA included: initial VA less than 0.2 LogMar (p <.0001), cardiovascular risk factor (p =.008), autoimmune-related and/or systemic pro-inflammatory conditions (p =.003), choroidal neovascularization (p =.001), macular atrophy (p =.03) and absence of systemic corticosteroid treatment (p =.03). Conclusion: PPM is a choroidal inflammation. Identifying prognosis factors may help to guide treatment and follow-up. We showed that anti-inflammatory drugs, and anti-VEGF injections in cases of choroidal neovascularization, may lead to better outcomes. © 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC