Similarities and differences between three different types of white dot syndrome and the therapeutic possibilities.

White dot syndromes consists a group of inflammatory eye diseases with an unknown etiology involving the external retina, retinal pigment epithelium, choroid or combinations of them. They affect one or both eyes, at the same time or not. White dot syndromes are often self-limited, with a variable prognosis, depending on the type of the disease. The purpose of this article was to look at the similarities and the differences between the different types of syndromes and the therapeutic possibilities existing at present. WDS = White dot syndromes, MEWDS = Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome, APMPPE = Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment epitheliopathy, SC = serpiginous choroiditis RPE = retinal pigment epithelium.