Sjögren reticular dystrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium: a case report.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the clinical manifestations in a patient with Sjögren reticular dystrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium, and the evolution of the disease over a 20-year follow-up period.


METHODS
A 45-year-old woman with Sjögren reticular dystrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium was seen for the first time in 1983; the patient underwent 20 years of annual check-ups.


RESULTS
Over the follow-up period, fundus photographs, computerized perimetry, electroretinogram, and electro-oculogram findings had either normal or slightly subnormal outcome.


CONCLUSIONS
The results confirm that this disease involves only the retinal pigment epithelium and should not be considered a central tapeto-retinal degeneration or late onset retinopathy.
Rinaldi
M
M
Department of Ophthalmology, II University of Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
Villani
A
A
Borrelli
M
M
Russo
S
S
Cotticelli
L
L
D004585:Electrooculography; D004596:Electroretinography; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis*; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields