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Placoid
Definition:
(a.) Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.
(n.) Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks.
(n.) One of the Placoides.
Example Sentences:
(1) A relationship between acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE) and systemic infections has been suggested.
(2) Four cases of suspected cerebral vasculitis have been described in association with acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy, but none was confirmed histopathologically.
(3) A case is described of acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE) in which one eye shows the typical active disease process while the other shows evidence of extensive degenerative changes of the posterior pole with disturbance of the pigment epithelium.
(4) Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy is now perfectly documented on clinical and angiographic findings.
(5) The placoid sensilla were shown by tranwo or three neurons is surrounded by two ensheathing cells.
(6) The specific role of HLA antigens in uveitis is unknown, but the finding of an increased prevalence of HLA-B7 and HLA-DR2 antigens in patients with acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy suggests an immunogenetic predisposition to acquiring this disease.
(7) We discuss the relationship between acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy, sarcoidosis and cerebral granulomatous angiitis.
(8) On the other hand, examples of breakdown of the outer BRB include situations of choroidal ischaemia, detachment of the pigment epithelium, choroidal neovascularization, photocoagulation, retinal detachment, Koyanagi's disease, central serous choroidopathy, multifocal inner choroiditis and acute placoid pigment epitheliopathy.
(9) Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy has a good longterm prognosis for visual acuity, although most patients have residual symptoms and paracentral scotomas.
(10) The cause of both placoid pigment epitheliopathy and cerebral vasculitis remains obscure.
(11) Patients with placoid lesions could be divided into typical acute multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (AMPPE), where the long-term visual prognosis was poor because of recurrent disease leading to extensive areas of atrophy, and acute diffuse placoid pigment epitheliopathy which seemed to be self-limiting.
(12) A young woman developed the characteristic clinical and fluorescein angiographic findings of acute posterior multifocal placoid retinal pigment epitheliopathy while being treated for acute thyroiditis.
(13) It seems of interest to discuss the long-term prognosis of acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy.
(14) An electron microscopical study was made of the coeloconic and placoid sensilla on the antennae of the aphids Aphis pomi, Macrosiphum euphorbiae, Nasonovia ribis-nigri, and Pemphigus bursarius.
(15) Both acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE) and geographic or serpiginous choroiditis are probably the result of a primarily inflammatory involvement of the choroid.
(16) The findings of cerebrospinal fluid cells and elevated protein levels in acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epithelialopathy probably represent a mild viral meningitis as part of a systemic viral infection that also involves the retinal pigment epithelium or choriocapillaris.
(17) Second, we were able to demonstrate the lobular structure of the choriocapillary layer and prove that the acute form of posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy is derived from a defect in this layer.
(18) Thirteen cases of acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy occurred in young adults or older children.
(19) Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE) is a disorder of the fundus frequently characterized by sudden onset of bilateral, marked visual loss associated with yellowish-white, ill-defined placoid lesions of the retina.
(20) Placoid scale and tooth enameloid contained two anionic proteins identified as 58 kDa (pI 5.7) and 46 kDa (pI 5.5), which cross-reacted with either antimouse amelogenin or antihuman enamelin IgG antibodies.