Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: A 37-year-old man with retinitis pigmentosa and severely constricted visual fields developed a large, dense, vitreous floater and visual obscuration in the right eye. Subsequently, diffuse vitreous opacification and visual obscuration developed in the left eye. RESULTS: Bilateral pars plana vitrectomy relieved the patient's visual obscurations. Electron micrographs of the excised vitreous opacity from the left eye showed collagen fibrils and cellular debris. CONCLUSION: Visually significant vitreous opacities may develop as a complication of retinitis pigmentosa. The visual impact of such opacities may be magnified by its superimposition on limited visual fields. Vitrectomy may be of benefit in such cases.
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Authors | P H Hong, D P Han, J M Burke, W J Wirostko |
Journal | American journal of ophthalmology
(Am J Ophthalmol)
Vol. 131
Issue 1
Pg. 133-4
(Jan 2001)
ISSN: 0002-9394 [Print] United States |
PMID | 11162992
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Eye Diseases
(etiology, pathology, surgery)
- Humans
- Male
- Retinitis Pigmentosa
(complications)
- Visual Acuity
- Visual Fields
- Vitrectomy
- Vitreous Body
(surgery, ultrastructure)
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