Unilateral pigmentary degeneration of the retina associated with heterochromia iridis

Salvatore Grisanti*, Michael Diestelhorst, Julia Lebek, Peter Walter, Klaus Heimann

*Corresponding author for this work
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Abstract

Background: For the past 5 years, a 56-year-old patient has been displaying monocular progressive pigmentary changes in the left eye. Heterochromy of the left eye has been known since childhood. The other eye is clinically and functionally normal. The patient was adopted and he has no children. Therefore, we have no family history. Methods: The patient was examined clinically and by means of electroretinography, electrooculography, perimetry, computer tomography, pulsatile ocular blood flow (POBF) measurement, serology and Doppler sonography. Results: Electrophysiology displayed a considerable reduction of scotopic and photopic ERGs, a reduced dark-through, and a reduced light-rise in the left eye, whereas the fellow eye was normal. The visual field was limited to 5 deg around the fixation point, and a peripheral crescent-shaped arch encircled the temporal-inferior quadrant concomitant to the pigmentary changes. By computer tomography and Doppler sonography a vascular affection was excluded. The left eye displayed lower POBF values. All serological tests were found negative. Conclusion: The clinical picture and negative exclusion criteria indicate a unilateral retinitis pigmentosa. However, with regard to the literature an unequivocal diagnosis can only be made upon hereditary evidence.

Original languageEnglish
JournalGraefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Volume236
Issue number12
Pages (from-to)940-944
Number of pages5
ISSN0721-832X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12.1998

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