Retinitis pigmentosa associated with peripheral sea fan neovascularization

Authors: Kadayıfç¹; SRC="/iso-ents/isolat2/inodot-s.gif" ALT="inodot">lar, S.¹; Eldem, B.¹; Kıratl¹; SRC="/iso-ents/isolat2/inodot-s.gif" ALT="inodot">, H.¹

Source: Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, Volume 78, Number 5, 1 October 2000 , pp. 593-595(3)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

.Purpose:

To describe a case with retinitis pigmentosa associated with sea fan type retinal neovascularization.

Methods:

Complete ocular examination including fluorescein angiography was performed in a 9-year-old girl.

Results:

Ophthalmoscopically, in addition to arteriolar narrowing and bone corpuscular pigmentation of both retinae, a vascular lesion with surrounding intraretinal exudation was noted in the upper equatorial region of the right eye. On fluorescein angiography, the lesion stained in the form of a sea fan neovascularization.

Conclusion:

Sea fan type of neovascularization can be seen in association with retinitis pigmentosa. Fluorescein angiography is important in identifying the exact nature of such a lesion.

Keywords: retinitis pigmentosa; neovascularization; sea-fan; Coats' disease

Document Type: Case report

Affiliations: 1: Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara, Turkey

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