Two Female Siblings With Bietti Crystalline Retinopathy Without Corneal Dystrophy.
10.3341/jkos.2009.50.7.1120
- Author:
Seung Min HA
1
;
Hyeong Gon YU
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hgonyu@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bietti crystalline retinopathy;
Siblings
- MeSH:
Crystallins;
Eye;
Female;
Fluorescein Angiography;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Night Blindness;
Siblings;
Visual Acuity
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2009;50(7):1120-1127
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To report clinical and functional results in two female siblings with Bietti crystalline retinopathy. CASE SUMMARY: Recently, a 48-year-old female with bilateral intraretinal depositions presented with a complaint of decreased visual acuity and night blindness in both eyes. Several tiny glistening yellow intraretinal crystalline depositions were observed. Fluorescein angiography showed a well-demarcated choriocapillaris filling defect and pigment epithelial window defect. Electrophysiologic tests showed decreased amplitude and OCT scans showed fine intraretinal lesions with increased signal intensity. In addition, a 50-year-old female sibling presented with bilateral yellow, intraretinal crystalline depositions. A choriocapillaris filling defect and pigment epithelial window defect in a fluorescein angiography was observed. Electrophysiologic tests showed severely decreased amplitude. CONCLUSIONS: Two female siblings with Bietti crystalline retinopathy are reported.
