Central serous chorioretinopathy associated with retinitis pigmentosa.
Macular changes may appear in retinitis pigmentosa patients and include macular atrophy, cystoid macular edema, retinal cysts, and holes. However, other primary macular diseases have not been described in patients with retinitis pigmentosa, probably because of atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and the overlying retina. We present a 35-year-old patient whose first symptom was an acute decrease in visual acuity due to central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). Retinitis pigmentosa was subsequently diagnosed. We assume that the macular RPE changes may be attributed to both cone and RPE atrophy or other macular pathophysiologic processes, one of which may be CSCR.
Department of Ophthalmology, Western Galilee-Nahariya Medical Center, PO Box 21, 22100 Nahariya, Israel.
Yosef
Y
Dorenboim
Uri
U
Rehany
Shimon
S
Rumelt
D000328:Adult; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004596:Electroretinography; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields