Diagnosis and Management of Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy in a Collegiate Baseball Player: A Case Study

An abstract of a study by Fiesler et al examining the case of a 22-year-old baseball player with acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy is presented. It is paramount that all sports medicine professionals obtain an accurate history at the time of initial evaluation. If there is no mechanism of injury present, the clinician must exhaust all diagnostic options until a cause of symptoms can be found. Had the patient in this study not been referred in a timely manner, there may have been further damage to the optic nerve resulting in a significant loss of vision.