title: Improved visual function with dietary intervention in a child with lipemia retinalis.
abstract: We present a 4.8-year-old female with grade 3 lipemia retinalis due to lipoprotein lipase deficiency, an abnormal electroretinogram, and bilateral decreased visual acuity. Strict dietary intervention resulted in reversal of lipemia retinalis, normalization of her electroretinogram, and improved visual acuity in both eyes.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus, and Adult Motility, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, UPMC Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus, and Adult Motility, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, UPMC Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Hannah L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Scanga
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus, and Adult Motility, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, UPMC Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Anagha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Medsinge
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus, and Adult Motility, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, UPMC Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: nischalkk@upmc.edu.
authors.forename: Ken K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Nischal
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003241:Consanguinity; D018752:Diet, Fat-Restricted; D004596:Electroretinography; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008072:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type I / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*