A Case of Crystalline Retinopathy.
- Author:
Ho Kyun CHO
1
;
Sung Min KO
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Chung Ang Univesity, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tapetoretinal Degeneration;
Crystalline Retinopathy;
Electrophysiologic test;
Fluorescein Angiogram
- MeSH:
Adult;
Crystallins*;
Female;
Fluorescein;
Humans;
Retinitis Pigmentosa;
Sclerosis
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1997;38(9):1628-1631
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Crystalline retinopathy is a tapetoretinal degeneration characterized by glistening yellow intraretinal crystals in the posterior pole, chorioidal sclerosis, and corneal crystalline dystrophy. We have recently encountered a 36 year-old female patient with bilateral intraretinal crystalline depositions who presented with a complaint of visual disturbance in her right eye for the last six months. Typical fundus findings of crystalline deposition in the posterior pole, tapetoretinal dysfunctions in the electrophysiologic tests and choriocapillaris filling defects in the fluorescein angiogram suggest that this the disorder is a widespread choriocapillaris and tapetoretinal disorder. There are no significant abnormal findings in serologic and radiologic examinations.
