Vitreoretinal degeneration as a sign of generalized connective tissue diseases.
Am J Ophthalmol, 1979/9;88(3 Pt 1):432-49.
PMID: 114056
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Abstract
Dominant vitreoretinal degeneration was first described by Wagner as a benign ocular condition. This term has since become widely associated with a familial retinal degenerative process accompanied by retinal detachments, even though nobody in the family described by Wagner suffered from a retinal detachment. Vitreoretinal degeneration, often progressing to detachments, occurs also in several distinct bone dysplasias. I have provided a classification of syndromes with vitreoretinal degeneration and its signficance as a sign of connective tissue diseases (probably involving type II collagen). In this sense, it is similar to ectopia lentis as a sign of various connective tissue diseases.
MeSH terms
Abnormalities, Multiple; Adolescent; Adult; Bone Diseases, Developmental; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Marfan Syndrome; Mucopolysaccharidosis IV; Myopia; Retinal Degeneration; Syndrome; Vitreous Body
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