Preserved para-arteriolar retinal pigment epithelium retinitis pigmentosa.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
In two patients, we studied retinitis pigmentosa with preservation of the retinal pigment epithelium adjacent to and under the retinal arterioles (despite panretinal degeneration). Both patients with preserved para-arteriolar retinal pigment epithelium also exhibited a peculiarly strong hyperopia. In addition to previously reported features, these patients also had sheathing of the major vascular arcades, which suggested a vascular involvement in this uncommon form of retinitis pigmentosa.
Medical subject headings
- Pigment Epithelium of Eye
- Retinal Vessels
- Retinitis Pigmentosa