title: Unilateral Macular Star in a Case of Hypertension and Retinitis Pigmentosa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a case of hypertension and retinitis pigmentosa presenting with a unilateral macular star.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 17-year-old female with chronic kidney disease and hypertension presented with a mild blurring of vision in the left eye. There was a history of night blindness. Both eyes had optic disc pallor, arteriolar attenuation, and peripheral bony spicules suggestive of the triad of retinitis pigmentosa. Macular star was seen in the left eye alone. We ascribe the macular star to hypertension as the patient had only a mild decrease in vision, no relative afferent pupillary defect, and similar visual evoked response amplitude and latency in both eyes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Unilateral macular star may be seen in hypertension and may simulate neuroretinitis in the clinical setting.
authors.affiliation: a Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , New Delhi , India.
authors.forename: Rohan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chawla
authors.affiliation: a Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , New Delhi , India.
authors.forename: Koushik
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9756-128X
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tripathy
authors.affiliation: a Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , New Delhi , India.
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.affiliation: a Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , New Delhi , India.
authors.forename: Swati
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Phuljhele
authors.affiliation: a Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , New Delhi , India.
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venkatesh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Hypertensive retinopathy; malignant hypertension; neuroretinitis; optic disc edema with macular star; pigmentary retinopathy