[Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy and hereditary retinal vascular tortuosity].

PURPOSE

A 9 year-old child demonstrated symptomatic exudative vitreoretinopathy. The other family members were examined to detect funduscopic changes suggestive of the disease.

METHODS

A complete ocular examination was performed including fundus biomicroscopic examination and fluorescein angiography.

RESULTS

The patient with exudative vitreoretinopathy exhibited retinal neovascularisation and minime vitreous hemorrhage in one eye. He was successfully treated with laser photocoagulation. The mother and her 5 other children had isolated retinal vascular tortuosity.

CONCLUSION

The association in the same pedigree of exudative vitreoretinopathy and retinal vascular tortuosity suggest the same nosologic frame to these autosomal dominant diseases. They could represent different expressions of the same genetic disorder.