Avascular Retinal Findings in a Child With Achondroplasia

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2017 Mar 1;48(3):272-274. doi: 10.3928/23258160-20170301-14.

Abstract

The authors present clinical and angiographic findings in a 12-year-old girl with achondroplasia who presented with bilateral retinal peripheral nonperfusion and unilateral rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, which has not been previously described in achondroplasia. This report contributes incremental knowledge regarding aberrant retinal vascular phenomena observed in pediatric disease states and implicates the possible role of mutations in the FGFR3 gene in peripheral vascular abnormalities. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2017;48:272-274.].

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Achondroplasia / complications*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography / methods*
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Retina / pathology*
  • Retinal Detachment / congenital
  • Retinal Detachment / diagnosis
  • Retinal Detachment / etiology*
  • Retinal Vessels / abnormalities*