Case #25 – Retinitis Pigmentosa

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References (cont'd) Aizawa S, Mitamura Y, Baba T, Hagiwara A, Ogata K, Yamamoto S. Correlation Between Visual Function and Photoreceptor Inner/outer segment Junction in patients With Retinitis Pigmentosa. Eye 2009; 23: 304-308. Mitamura Y, Aizawa S, Bata T, et al. Correlation Between Retinal Sensitivity and Photoreceptor Inner/Outer Segment Junction in Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa.

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References Hartong DT, Berson EL, Dryja TP. Retinitis Pigmentosa. Lancet 2006; 368: 1795-1809. Zacks DN, Johnson MW, Arbor A. Transretinal Pigment Migration: An Optical Coherence Tomographic Study. Arch ophthalmol 2004; 122:406-408. Campochiaro PA, Jerdan JA, et al. Vitreous Aspirates from Patients with Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Stimulate Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Migration. Arch Ophthalmol 1985; 103:

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Jerome Sherman, OD, FAAO Jerome Sherman, O.D., is perhaps optometry's most prolific writer, publishing over 650 clinical articles, research manuscripts, book chapters and two CDs. He is senior author of three books that were published in 2007, and has delivered over three thousand lectures both nationally and internationally. He has served as a

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Comments and Conclusions (cont'd) Similar OCT findings to the RP patients presented in this issue, with the PIL only being present under the fovea, have been shown in two separate research studies.9r12 One study that separated RP patients into 3 groups based on the presence of the PIL in OCT sections (Type l: NO

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Comments and Conclusions Retinitis pigmentosa is a hereditary retinal degeneration that can be inherited as an autosomal-recessive(50-60%), autosomal dominant (30-40%), or Winked disorder. Over 45 different genes have been identified for retinitis pigmentosa, which accounts for approximately 60% of all cases.l The prevalence of RP worldwide is 1 in 4000.1 The majority Of RP

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Case 5: Textbook Retinitis Pigmentosa Optomap® Color Fundus Image of Left Eye Case 5: A 41-year-old female diagnosed with RP a decade earlier. BCVA measured 20/25 OIJ. She complained of her vision slowing worsening over the last few years. past medical records revealed a flat ERG and progressive field contraction in both

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Note the attenuated and "pigment-wrapped" retinal vessels in the left eye. The bone-spicule deposits extend throughout the mid-periphery similar to the fellow eye.

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