Sectoral retinal pigmentation in neurofibromatosis.
Sector retinitis pigmentosa of Bietti has not been studied histopathologically and has not been reported as occurring in a patient with neurofibromatosis. This report describes a patients with neurofibromatosis and biopsy-proven optic nerve glioma who was noted before death to have bilateral sectoral retinal pigmentary disturbances that appeared histopathologically to be areas of retinitis pigmentosa.
D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000473:pathology; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000473:pathology; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000473:pathology