An unusual central retinal dystrophy associated with ichthyosis vulgaris

Articles > Article · 2000

Authors: A. Osman Saatci, Zeynep Özbek, Süheyla Köse, Ismet Durak, Salih Kavukçu

Ophthalmic Genetics, International, Scopus, 2000, vol 21, pp 101-107

DOI: 10.1076/1381-6810(200006)2121-8ft101

Summary

A number of ichthyosis syndromes may have retinal abnormalities such as the retinitis pigmentosa-like diffuse rod-cone dystrophy in Refsum's syndrome and the maculopathy in Sjögren-Larsson syndrome. We present two sisters who have an unusual, almost identical, bilaterally symmetric central retinal dystrophy associated with ichthyosis vulgaris in the absence of other systemic disorders. We believe that this dystrophy has not been previously described in patients with any of the known varieties of ichthyosis.

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