Persistent Placoid Maculopathy: Prognosis Factors and Functional Outcomes.

: To identify prognosis factors and functional outcomes of persistent placoid maculopathy (PPM). : We collected personal PPM cases and combined them with the data from the literature. : 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 ( < .0001), cardiovascular risk factor ( = .008), autoimmune-related and/or systemic pro-inflammatory conditions ( = .003), choroidal neovascularization ( = .001), macular atrophy ( = .03) and absence of systemic corticosteroid treatment ( = .03). : 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.