title: Sjögren reticular dystrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, II University of Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rinaldi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borrelli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cotticelli
mesh_terms: 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