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| OPHTHALMIC IMAGE |
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| Year : 2022 | Volume
: 60
| Issue : 1 | Page : 121 |
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Vitreous opacity in retinitis pigmentosa
Sashwanthi Mohan, Mohan Rajan
Department of Vitreoretina, Rajan Eye Care Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
| Date of Submission | 23-Jun-2021 |
| Date of Decision | 05-Oct-2021 |
| Date of Acceptance | 07-Oct-2021 |
| Date of Web Publication | 22-Mar-2022 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Sashwanthi Mohan
Department of Vitreoretina, Rajan Eye Care Hospital, No. 5, Vidyodaya East Second Street, T. Nagar, Chennai - 600 017, Tamil Nadu
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/tjosr.tjosr_92_21
How to cite this article:
Mohan S, Rajan M. Vitreous opacity in retinitis pigmentosa. TNOA J Ophthalmic Sci Res 2022;60:121 |
A 32-year-old female, born out of a consanguineous marriage, presented with complaints of night blindness and decreased vision in both eyes and occasionally seeing a floater in the right eye. Best corrected visual acuity was 6/36 in both the eyes. Bilateral fundus examination revealed bony spicules, attenuated arteries, and waxy pallor of the optic disc, suggestive of bilateral retinitis pigmentosa [Figure 1]a and [Figure 1]b. Right eye fundus examination additionally showed the presence of a large, mobile sheet-like vitreous opacity in the vitreous cavity [Figure 1]a. | Figure 1: (a and b) Fundus photograph of the right and left eye, respectively, showing waxy pallor of the optic disc, attenuated arteries and bony spicules in the mid-peripheral retina suggestive of retinitis pigmentosa, and a large vitreous sheet-like opacity inferonasal to the disc in the right eye
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Vitreous opacities can be found in association with retinitis pigmentosa secondary to vitreous degenerative changes.[1] They do not warrant removal unless they cause significant visual obscuration.[2] The patient was observed without any surgical intervention.
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The authors certify that they have obtained all appropriate patient consent forms. In the form the patient (s) has/have given his/her/their consent for his/her/their images and other clinical information to be reported in the journal. The patients understand that their names and initials will not be published and due efforts will be made to conceal their identity, but anonymity cannot be guaranteed.
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Conflicts of interest
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| 1. | Albert DM, Pruett RC, Craft JL. Transmission electron microscopic observations of vitreous abnormalities in retinitis pigmentosa. Am J Ophthalmol 1986;101:665-72.  |
| 2. | Hong PH, Han DP, Burke JM, Wirostko WJ. Vitrectomy for large vitreous opacity in retinitis pigmentosa. Am J Ophthalmol 2001;131:133-4. |
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