Persistent placoid maculopathy: a new clinical entity.

Purpose: To describe a previously unreported clinical entity superficially resembling macular serpiginous choroiditis but with a distinct presentation and clinical course.

Design: Retrospective observational case series.

Participants: Six patients, 50 to 68 years old, exhibiting this entity who were seen at 5 different centers from 1984 to 2006.

Persistent placoid maculopathy: a new clinical entity.

Purpose: To describe a previously unreported clinical entity superficially resembling macular serpiginous choroiditis but with a distinct presentation and clinical course.

Methods: A retrospective review of the medical records of five patients, aged 50 to 68 years, exhibiting this entity seen at five different centers from 1999 to 2006.

Results: The lesions in the patients in this study are in some respects similar to those of acute macular serpiginous choroiditis.