Dynamics of the course of Retinitis Pigmentosa in a child with macular involvement over 6 years

Nushaba Hasan Nuri

doi:10.30546/2788-516X.2021.2.1.1

Nushaba Hasan Nuri HAT Medicine Clinic, Azerbaijan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30546/2788-516X.2021.2.1.1

Keywords: retinitis pigmentosa, retinitis pigmentosa accompanied by macular involvement

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this work was to describe retinitis pigmentosa involving the maculain a child with a follow-up of 6 years.

Methods: Case report.

Results: Over 6 years, the child exhibited an expansion of the lesion area of the central retina. On optical coherence tomography (OCT), there is a sharp thinning of the central region of the retina with pathology of the photoreceptor and pigment layers.

Conclusion: In some cases of retinitis pigmentosa, there are changes in the macula, characteristic of the dry form of macular degeneration; in other cases, there are cysts associated with cystoid macular oedema; and in other cases, there is a macular hole.

In our case, there was an atrophic lesion of the macula, characteristic of the dry form of age- related macular degeneration. Apparently, such involvement of the macula in the process is typical for children with early progression of the disease.

Author Biography

Nushaba Hasan Nuri, HAT Medicine Clinic, Azerbaijan

MD, HAT Medicine Clinic, Baku, Azerbaijan