[A case of immotile cilia syndrome accompanied by retinitis pigmentosa]

Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi. 1991 Aug;95(8):795-801.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A case of immotile cilia syndrome accompanied by retinitis pigmentosa is reported. This syndrome involves congenital ciliary ultrastructural abnormality. A 27-year-old male complained of repeated pneumonia, sinusitis, and middle otitis. In addition, he had sperm motor insufficiency and electron microscopic finding of cilia led to the diagnosis of the present syndrome. Both fundi presented remarkable degeneration of retinal pigment epithelium and choroid and marked arterial narrowing. Constriction of the visual field and extinguished ERG were also noted. Abnormality of cilia of the retinal pigment epithelium was suggested. It was proposed that retinitis pigmentosa may be caused by abnormal cilia of the retinal pigment epithelium.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Ciliary Motility Disorders / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Retinitis Pigmentosa / complications*