MACULAR POSTERIOR PIGMENTARY INCONTINENCE - ITS RELATION TO MACULAR AMYLOIDOSIS AND NOTALGIA PARESTHETICA

Patients with clinical features of dorsal macular amyloidosis but with out subepidermal amyloid deposits were followed for 2-11 years, The cl inical appearance was fairly stable during this period of time, with l ittle tendency of healing. Only 2 of the patients developed typical ma cular amyloidosis curing the follow-up, It is concluded that a conditi on strongly resembling macular amyloidosis but without amyloid is an e ntity, and the designation ''macular posterior pigmentary incontinence '' is proposed. The relationship between macular posterior pigmentary incontinence and the two conditions macular amyloidosis and notalgia p aresthetica is discussed.