Giant retinal tears, retinal detachment and retinitis pigmentosa.
A patient with retinitis pigmentosa and sensorineural deafness presented with bilateral giant retinal tears and a unilateral retinal detachment. The peripheral visual field loss could have been erroneously ascribed to the primary retinal dystrophy. A retinal detachment must be considered in patients with a sudden loss of visual acuity or field even if they have a primary retinal dystrophy.
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000150:complications*; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000150:complications*