Bilateral optic disc neovascularization in association with retinitis pigmentosa.
Bilateral neovascularization of the optic disc developed in a 16-year-old Hispanic girl with retinitis pigmentosa. The neovascularization regressed in both eyes over 1 year without treatment. Ocular and systemic evaluation failed to reveal a recognized cause for the neovascularization. To our knowledge this is only the third case reported of this unusual association.
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Department of Ophthalmology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY 10021.
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Perlstein
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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000098:blood supply*; D015861:Retinal Neovascularization / Q000150:complications*; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000150:complications*; D014792:Visual Acuity