PURPOSE To understand the sites of macular dysfunction in retinitis pigmentosa by evaluating focal electroretinogram (FERG) fundamental and second harmonic components, which are dominated by the activity of the outer and inner retina, respectively. METHODS FERGs were recorded in response to a uniform field (9 degrees x 9 degrees) flickered sinusoidally at either 8 Hz or 32 Hz. The fundamental...

Following uniocular anterior chamber (a.c.) inoculation of HSV-1 into BALB/c mice, the architecture of the uninoculated eye is destroyed by a pan-retinal inflammatory process within 10 days. BALB/c inoculated with HSV-1 via the a.c. route also develop anterior chamber associated immune deviation (ACAID), one characteristic of which is impairment of virus-specific delayed hypersensitivity (DH) r...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Diffusion tensor imaging may reflect pathology of the optic nerve; however, the ability of DTI to evaluate alterations of the optic nerve in retinitis pigmentosa has not yet been assessed, to our knowledge. The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic potential of reduced FOV-DTI in optic neuropathy of retinitis pigmentosa at 3T. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-...

PURPOSE This study aims to report a novel finding of posterior subhyaloid precipitates (PSPs) in two patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis. METHODS A small case series was conducted. RESULTS Clinical findings, treatment, and follow-up of two patients with CMV and PSPs are presented. CONCLUSIONS Inflammatory precipitates may collect in the posterior subhyaloid space in acute CMV re...

Retinitis pigmentosa is a degenerative retinal disease characterized by progressive photoreceptor damage, which causes loss of peripheral and night vision and the development of tunnel vision and may result in loss of central vision. This study describes a patient with retinitis pigmentosa caused by a mutation in the ABCA4 gene with complex allele c.1622T>C, p.L541P; c.3113C>T, p.A1038V in homo...

Unilateral retinitis pigmentosa is a rare disease characterized by loss of photoreceptors and retinal pigment deposition without affecting the contralateral eye. Although described more than one hundred years its existence is still questioned. This article reports a case of a patient with abnormalities suggestive of unilateral retinitis pigmentosa. The clinical and complementary examinations ar...

PROBLEM Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis continues to be a neglected source of blindness in resource-poor settings. The main issue is lack of capacity to diagnose CMV retinitis in the clinical setting where patients receive care and all other opportunistic infections are diagnosed. APPROACH We developed and implemented a four-day workshop to tr...