title: Pattern dystrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium in Crohn's disease. A case report.
abstract: The authors describe a case of bilateral pattern dystrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium in a man with Crohn's disease. The patient was examined every 6 months over a follow-up of 30 months. The right eye presented a macroreticular dystrophy while in the left eye a butterfly pattern dystrophy was diagnosed. During the follow-up period the retinal lesion changed; in the right eye the lesion increased in size, while in the left eye the morphology of the lesion passed from the butterfly to Sjögren's type. This report adds a new ocular manifestation of Crohn's disease, emphasizing the importance of the ophthalmological follow-up in the recognition of posterior segment complications associated with this inflammatory bowel disease.
authors.affiliation: Eye Clinic, Second University of Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Franceschi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Costagliola
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Soreca
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Meo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giacoia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003119:Color Perception Tests; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004596:Electroretinography; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity