RETINAL VASCULAR TORTUOSITY AND EXUDATIVE RETINOPATHY IN A FAMILY WITH DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA MASQUERADING AS FAMILIAL EXUDATIVE VITREORETINOPATHY.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-2017
Abstract
PURPOSE: To report a novel presentation of dyskeratosis congenita masquerading as familial exudative vitreoretinopathy.
METHODS: Observational case series involving single family and literature review.
RESULTS: A brother and sister were diagnosed with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy at ages 4 and 2, respectively. Both patients were managed with laser photocoagulation. Eight years after the initial presentation, both siblings developed pancytopenia secondary to bone marrow failure. Laboratory work-up revealed severely shortened telomere length in both patients, and genetic testing revealed a missense mutation in the gene that encodes the reverse transcriptase component of telomerase, confirming the diagnosis of dyskeratosis congenita. The father of both children was a carrier of the same mutation, who exhibited marked retinal vascular tortuosity of the second-order vessels.
CONCLUSION: Dyskeratosis congenita is a severe multisystem disorder, which should be considered in cases of pediatric exudative retinopathies with concurrent signs and/or symptoms of bone marrow failure.
Volume
11 Suppl 1
First Page
187
Last Page
187
ISSN
1937-1578
Published In/Presented At
Thanos, A., Todorich, B., Hypes, S. M., Yonekawa, Y., Thomas, B., Randhawa, S., Drenser, K. A., & Trese, M. T. (2017). RETINAL VASCULAR TORTUOSITY AND EXUDATIVE RETINOPATHY IN A FAMILY WITH DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA MASQUERADING AS FAMILIAL EXUDATIVE VITREORETINOPATHY. Retinal cases & brief reports, 11 Suppl 1, S187–S190. https://doi.org/10.1097/ICB.0000000000000430
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
27685501
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article