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- Title
Vitreous cysts in patients with retinitis pigmentosa.
- Authors
Yoshida, Noriko; Ikeda, Yasuhiro; Murakami, Yusuke; Nakatake, Shunji; Tachibana, Takashi; Notomi, Shoji; Hisatomi, Toshio; Ishibashi, Tatsuro
- Abstract
Purpose: To determine the prevalence of vitreous cysts in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 435 consecutive patients diagnosed as having typical RP. Results: Vitreous cysts were diagnosed in 37 eyes of 28 patients with RP (13 males and 15 females; mean age 47.0 ± 19.8 years; range 15-79 years), for an overall prevalence of 6.4 %. The cysts were observed bilaterally in nine of the patients (32.1 %). Among these 28 patients, 11 (39.3 %) were younger than 40 years. In all, 81.8 % of the vitreous cysts were detected around the optic nerve head. Conclusions: We demonstrated that the prevalence of vitreous cysts was 6.4 % in patients with RP. These cysts were considered to be asymptomatic.
- Subjects
RETINITIS pigmentosa; CYSTS (Pathology); SURGERY; INPATIENT care; OPTIC nerve abnormalities; RETINAL degeneration; PROGNOSIS
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015, Vol 59, Issue 6, p373
- ISSN
0021-5155
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10384-015-0405-1