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. 2015 Nov;59(6):373-7.
doi: 10.1007/s10384-015-0405-1. Epub 2015 Aug 29.

Vitreous cysts in patients with retinitis pigmentosa

Noriko Yoshida  1 , Yasuhiro Ikeda  2 , Yusuke Murakami  1 , Shunji Nakatake  1 , Takashi Tachibana  1 , Shoji Notomi  1 , Toshio Hisatomi  1 , Tatsuro Ishibashi  1
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Vitreous cysts in patients with retinitis pigmentosa

Noriko Yoshida et al. Jpn J Ophthalmol. 2015 Nov.

Abstract

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of vitreous cysts in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP).

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 435 consecutive patients diagnosed as having typical RP.

Results: Vitreous cysts were diagnosed in 37 eyes of 28 patients with RP (13 males and 15 females; mean age 47.0 ± 19.8 years; range 15-79 years), for an overall prevalence of 6.4%. The cysts were observed bilaterally in nine of the patients (32.1%). Among these 28 patients, 11 (39.3%) were younger than 40 years. In all, 81.8% of the vitreous cysts were detected around the optic nerve head.

Conclusions: We demonstrated that the prevalence of vitreous cysts was 6.4% in patients with RP. These cysts were considered to be asymptomatic.

Keywords: Retinitis pigmentosa; Vitreous cyst.

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