Thirteen-year follow up of isolated foveal retinoschisis in a 24-year-old woman
Authors: Chen, Fred K1; McAllister, Ian L; Chelva, Enid S2
Source: Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology, Volume 34, Number 6, August 2006 , pp. 600-605(6)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
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Abstract:
Foveal retinoschisis is rarely found in women. An 11-year-old girl, from non-consanguineous parents, presented with bilateral visual loss from isolated foveal retinoschisis as confirmed by a normal fluorescein angiogram and characteristic optical coherence tomogram. Psychophysical and electrophysiological studies demonstrated mild contrast sensitivity loss, dyschromatopsia and normal full field electroretinographic responses. Visual acuity, foveal retinoschisis, electroretinography, electro-oculography and visual evoked responses remained stable after 13 years but a reduction in pattern electroretinography amplitude was noted. No mutation was found in the coding regions of the RS1 gene. Isolated foveal retinoschisis may be a form of macular dystrophy. Longer-term follow up may contribute to our understanding of this rare disease.Keywords: electrophysiology; genetic disorder; optical coherence tomography; retinoschisis
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01283.x
Affiliations: 1: Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Perth Hospital, 2: Department of Medical Technology and Physics of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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