title: Bilateral retinitis pigmentosa with unilateral choroidal nevus: A hitherto unreported association.
abstract: Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) has been reported to be associated with retinal hemangioma, retinal angiomatous proliferation, polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and vasoproliferative tumours. However there is no previous report of choroidal nevus in an eye with RP. We describe such a case in which the eye with RP had a choroidal nevus at the macula. The coexistence of these two entities in the same eye emphasizes the need of careful examination of patients with RP. The presence of choroidal nevus warrants additional investigations such as B scan ultrasonography and a close follow-up to pick up changes in the nevus size and morphology.
authors.affiliation: Aditya Birla Sankara Nethralaya, 147, Mukundapur, E.M.Bypass, Kolkata 700 099, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Rupak
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.affiliation: Aditya Birla Sankara Nethralaya, 147, Mukundapur, E.M.Bypass, Kolkata 700 099, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Kumar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saurabh
authors.affiliation: Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal Services, 18, College Road, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai 600 006, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Debmalya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal Services, 18, College Road, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai 600 006, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Preeti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal Services, 18, College Road, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai 600 006, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Avirupa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghose
authors.affiliation: Sankara Nethralaya, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Dhileesh P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Chandrasekharan
keywords: Choroidal nevus; Retinal degeneration; Retinitis pigmentosa