CASE REPORT OF SEVERE PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY IN A PATIENT WITH CONGENITAL LIPODYSTROPHY.

Abstract

PURPOSE:

A case report of a patient with severe proliferative retinopathy due to congenital lipodystrophy.

METHODS:

We reviewed the medical history, imaging, and surgical procedures of a 25-year-old woman with a history of congenital lipodystrophy, presenting with bilateral combined tractional and exudative retinal detachment, poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, and extreme dislipidemia.

RESULTS:

The patient underwent retinal detachment repair surgery both eyes. On the last follow-up, both retinae were flat, and visual acuity had improved in the right eye to J3 for near and finger counting 3 m for distance.

CONCLUSION:

Surgery combining pars plana vitrectomy and scleral bucking successfully flattened both retinae and significantly improved visual acuity in one eye in this case of bilateral retinal detachment with combined tractional and exudative components in a patient with congenital lipodystrophy. Surgical control of retinal complications is thus possible, provided there is adequate control of the underlying risk factors.

• Authors: Boris Rosin, Tareq Jaouni
• Journal: Retinal cases & brief reports (Retin Cases Brief Rep) Vol. 14 Issue 1 Pg. 69-71 ( 2020) ISSN: 1937-1578 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 28834920 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Female
• Humans
• Lipodystrophy, Congenital Generalized (complications)
• Retina (pathology)
• Severity of Illness Index
• Visual Acuity
• Vitrectomy (methods)
• Vitreoretinopathy, Proliferative (complications, diagnosis, surgery)
• Vitreous Body (pathology)