A rare presentation of pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy

A 21-year-old female patient presented with gradual progressive loss of vision in both eyes of 12 years duration. Funduscopic examination revealed bone-spicule pigmentation and choroidal and retinal pigment epithelium atrophy along the vascular arcades, with macular involvement in both eyes. The pat...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Arshee S., Rishi, Pukhraj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4333544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25709275
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.149867
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description A 21-year-old female patient presented with gradual progressive loss of vision in both eyes of 12 years duration. Funduscopic examination revealed bone-spicule pigmentation and choroidal and retinal pigment epithelium atrophy along the vascular arcades, with macular involvement in both eyes. The patient was diagnosed with pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy which is rare disease, uncommon in females, more commonly affecting the paravascular fundus. Very few cases of macular involvement have been reported.
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spelling pubmed-43335442015-02-23 A rare presentation of pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy Ahmed, Arshee S. Rishi, Pukhraj Oman J Ophthalmol Case Report A 21-year-old female patient presented with gradual progressive loss of vision in both eyes of 12 years duration. Funduscopic examination revealed bone-spicule pigmentation and choroidal and retinal pigment epithelium atrophy along the vascular arcades, with macular involvement in both eyes. The patient was diagnosed with pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy which is rare disease, uncommon in females, more commonly affecting the paravascular fundus. Very few cases of macular involvement have been reported. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4333544/ /pubmed/25709275 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.149867 Text en Copyright: © 2015 Ahmed AS and Rishi P. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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