Cho In Hwan, Kim Hoon Dong, Jung Sang Joon, Park Tae Kwann
Department of Ophthalmology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, South Korea.
Department of Ophthalmology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, South Korea.
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Sep;65(9):877-879. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_303_17.
Alport syndrome is a rare hereditary disease that is associated with retinal abnormalities such as dot-and-fleck retinopathy and temporal macular thinning. The main pathophysiological process of Alport syndrome is loss of the collagen network in the basement membrane. However, the alterations in each retinal layer have not been fully evaluated. In the case presented here, we evaluated the retina of a patient with Alport syndrome using en face optical coherence tomography (OCT). The findings suggested that the primary alterations occur in the internal limiting membrane and the retinal pigment epithelium basement membrane which is a part of the Bruch's membrane. The adjacent retinal layers are damaged subsequently. In conclusion, en face OCT could be useful in evaluating retinal abnormalities and understanding their underlying pathophysiology in Alport syndrome.
奥尔波特综合征是一种罕见的遗传性疾病,与视网膜异常有关,如点状和斑点状视网膜病变以及颞侧黄斑变薄。奥尔波特综合征的主要病理生理过程是基底膜中胶原网络的丧失。然而,视网膜各层的改变尚未得到充分评估。在本文介绍的病例中,我们使用表面光学相干断层扫描(OCT)对一名奥尔波特综合征患者的视网膜进行了评估。结果表明,主要改变发生在内界膜和作为布鲁赫膜一部分的视网膜色素上皮基底膜。随后相邻的视网膜层受到损害。总之,表面OCT有助于评估奥尔波特综合征患者的视网膜异常并了解其潜在的病理生理学。