Journal article
Vitiligo and disorders of the retinal pigment epithelium
British journal of ophthalmology, Vol.67(3), pp.153-156
03/1983
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.67.3.153
PMID: 6824621
Abstract
The association of vitiligo with inflammation of the uveal tract is well established. The relationship between vitiligo and hypopigmentation and/or degeneration of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) not secondary to ocular inflammation has not been adequately investigated. Sixty (27%) of 223 consecutive patients with vitiligo were found to have some evidence of RPE hypopigmentation ranging from mild, focal areas of involvement in most cases to extensive RPE degeneration with a retinitis pigmentosa-like syndrome in one patient. Fifteen (25%) patients complained of night blindness. Only 6 (4%) of 148 patients in a control group had similar funduscopic findings (p less than 0.001). None of these patients were symptomatic. There have been isolated reports of vitiligo occurring with tapetoretinal degeneration. We report 2 patients with both vitiligo and retinitis pigmentosa.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Vitiligo and disorders of the retinal pigment epithelium
- Creators
- D M AlbertM D WagonerR C PruettJ J NordlundA B Lerner
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- British journal of ophthalmology, Vol.67(3), pp.153-156
- Publisher
- England
- DOI
- 10.1136/bjo.67.3.153
- PMID
- 6824621
- ISSN
- 0007-1161
- eISSN
- 1468-2079
- Grant note
- NIAMDD 25252 / NIADDK NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/1983
- Academic Unit
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983980013102771
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