Unusual macular thickness in Alport syndrome: case report

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Thais Z. Igami²  Marcelo M. Lavezzo¹  Daniel A. Ferraz¹  Walter Y. Takahashi²  Yoshitaka Nakashima¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo Hospital das Clínicas Department of OphthalmologySão Paulo SP ,Brazil

关键词: Nephritis;    hereditary;    Macula lutea;    Retinal dystrophies;    Retinal diseases;    Optical coherence tomography;    Nefrite hereditária;    Mácula lútea;    Distrofias retinianas;    Doenças retinianas;    Tomografia de coerência óptica;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-27492012000400014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This case report describes the presence of bilateral macular atrophy in a patient with Alport syndrome and compares this finding with literature. At fundoscopy, there was a discrete circumscribed macular thinning showing intense retinal pigment epithelium color and the presence of whitish circular retinal lesions ("dots" and "flecks") at nasal mid periphery of both eyes. Optical coherence tomography showed bilateral partial atrophy of the neurosensory retina in the macula, with a greater extent in the temporal region. This case describes a rare ophthalmological finding in Alport syndrome and important to be recognized for a precise diagnosis as well as for determining visual prognosis.

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