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. 1988 Jan;72(1):74–77. doi: 10.1136/bjo.72.1.74

Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy and sarcoidosis.

D J Dick 1, P K Newman 1, J Richardson 1, R Wilkinson 1, A R Morley 1
PMCID: PMC1041371  PMID: 3342223

Abstract

We report on a patient with acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy and sarcoidosis. A review of the literature suggests that sarcoidosis may occur more commonly in this condition than previously suspected.

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