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. 1985 Apr;69(4):263-6.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.69.4.263.

Prevalence of posterior subcapsular lens opacities in patients with retinitis pigmentosa

G A Fishman, R J Anderson, P Lourenco

Prevalence of posterior subcapsular lens opacities in patients with retinitis pigmentosa

G A Fishman et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1985 Apr.

Abstract

We clinically evaluated 338 patients with various genetic types of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) for the presence of posterior subscapsular (PSC) lens opacities. Of these, 180 (53%) had PSC lens changes or were bilaterally aphakic. Patients with X-linked recessive RP showed a greater prevalence and patients with autosomal dominant RP a lesser prevalence of PSC lens changes compared with autosomal recessive or isolated cases.

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