title: Lattice degeneration of the retina and the pigment dispersion syndrome.
abstract: Retinal detachment occurs more frequently in patients with pigment dispersion syndrome. We evaluated the incidence of peripheral retinal abnormalities known to predispose to rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in a consecutive series of 60 patients with pigment dispersion syndrome with or without glaucoma. Lattice degeneration was present in at least one eye of 12 patients (20%). Seven patients had bilateral lesions. Full-thickness retinal breaks were found in seven patients (11.7%) and two patients (3.3%) had asymptomatic rhegmatogenous retinal detachments that required scleral buckle procedures. The incidence of lattice degeneration and full-thickness retinal breaks appears to be increased in this group of patients, and may be responsible for the increased risk of rhegmatogenous detachment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York 10003.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weseley
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liebmann
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ritch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007499:Iris Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013577:Syndrome