title: Preserved para-arteriolar retinal pigment epithelium retinitis pigmentosa.
abstract: In two patients, we studied retinitis pigmentosa with preservation of the retinal pigment epithelium adjacent to and under the retinal arterioles (despite panretinal degeneration). Both patients with preserved para-arteriolar retinal pigment epithelium also exhibited a peculiarly strong hyperopia. In addition to previously reported features, these patients also had sheathing of the major vascular arcades, which suggested a vascular involvement in this uncommon form of retinitis pigmentosa.
authors.affiliation: San Paolo Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Porta
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pierrottet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aschero
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Orzalesi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001160:Arterioles / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000473:pathology; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000473:pathology*; D014792:Visual Acuity