Progressive Visual Loss Without Retinal Detachment in Stickler Syndrome: An Uncommon and Novel Presentation
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Ana Navarrete; Adva Kimchi; Jaime Levy; Vardiella Meiner; Radgonde Amer; Claudia Yahalom
- Source
- Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, Vol 50, Iss 6, Pp 387-389 (2020)
- Subject
- stickler syndrome
myopia
retinal atrophy
Medicine
Ophthalmology
RE1-994
- Language
- English
Turkish
- ISSN
- 1300-0659
2147-2661
Stickler syndrome is known to cause visual handicap due to the high incidence of retinal detachment. We aim to present an unusual case of a child with Stickler syndrome who had progressive visual loss secondary to atrophy of the outer retinal layers not associated with retinal detachment. This is a descriptive case report of a 9-year-old child with ocular history of high myopia who presented to our institution with suboptimal visual acuity in both eyes. After 2 years of follow up, he developed unilateral progressive visual loss with marked atrophy of the outer retinal layers and peripheral vascular leakage. Such a presentation has not been previously described in the literature to the best of our knowledge.