2. Academic Validation
  3. Bietti crystalline dystrophy with bilateral macular holes

Bietti crystalline dystrophy with bilateral macular holes

  • Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2009 Fall;3(4):361-3. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0b013e3181780832.
Shu-Xing Ji 1,  Xiao-Lei Yin,  Xiang-Ge He,  Rong-Di Yuan,  Jian Ye,  Shao-Zhang Liu,  Xue-Mei Gan,  Yan Dong
Affiliations

Affiliation

  • 1 From the Department of Ophthalmology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Daping, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
PMID: 25389847 DOI: 10.1097/ICB.0b013e3181780832
Abstract

Objective: Bietti crystalline dystrophy is a rare form of tapetoretinal degeneration associated with retinal crystalline deposits. However, Bietti crystalline dystrophy is extremely unusually associated with macular hole formation. A 32-year-old man with Bietti crystalline dystrophy and bilateral macular holes is described.

Design: Case report and literature review.

Results: Clinical and angiographic features, optical coherence tomography results, electroretinographic findings, and visual evoked potentials are reported.

Conclusion: Bietti crystalline dystrophy can occur with bilateral macular holes, but the cause is unclear.

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