Clinical evidence in concurrence of retinitis pigmentosa and glaucoma.
- Author:
Mei WANG
1
;
Hao-tian LIN
;
Yu-jing BAI
;
Jian GE
;
Ye-hong ZHUO
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Female;
Glaucoma;
diagnosis;
Humans;
Retinitis Pigmentosa;
diagnosis;
Young Adult
- From:
Chinese Medical Journal
2011;124(8):1270-1274
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Glaucoma is rarely complicated by retinitis pigmentosa (RP). To provide clinical evidences for this rare situation, we report the concurrence of these two diseases in two children of a Chinese family. In the present two-child Chinese family without positive history, the older sister presented with bilateral sector RP and coexisting chronic angle-closure glaucoma, and the brother with bilateral whole RP but without coexisting glaucoma. Clinical evidences in concurrence of variants of RP and glaucoma because of possible different gene mutations from the same genetic background represent a rare situation, which may provide clues for future researches in molecular pathogenesis of these rare diseases.
