Rare Case of Retinitis Pigmentosa With Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy

Friday, April 25, 2014
KIOSKS (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Raghuram Venkatesan, MBBS, PSG MEDICAL INSTITUTE, COIMBATORE, India

Narrative Responses:

Purpose
A 65 years old male with defective vision on both eyes for the past 3 yrs and associated with night blindness for 20 yrs.

Fundus shows waxy pale disk,retinal pigmentary changes with reduced arterial calibre. At macula oval area of atrophy of retinal pigment epithelium and choriocapillaries was noted.

Methods
A single case report. No further intervention was suggested because of the poor visual outcome. To the best of our knowledge, the present case report is the first to describe co-existence of Bilateral Retinitis Pigmentosa with Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy

Results
Fundus examination on both eyes show waxy pale disk and retinal pigmentary changes in all four quadrants with reduced arterial calibre. At macula of both eyes, oval shaped geographic depigmentation with atrophy of retinal pigment epithelium & chorio capillaries was noted.

Conclusion
To the best of our knowledge, the present case report is the first to describe co-existence of Bilateral Retinitis Pigmentosa with Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy.