Congenital hypertrophy of retinal pigment epithelium. Presentation of a patient

Authors

  • Alberto Barrientos Castaño Centro Internacional de Retinosis Pigmentaria. Clínica "Camilo Cienfuegos". La Habana, Cuba.
  • Maritza Herrera Mora Centro Internacional de Retinosis Pigmentaria. Clínica "Camilo Cienfuegos". La Habana, Cuba.
  • Carlos Lima León Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Obel García Báez Centro Internacional de Retinosis Pigmentaria. Clínica "Camilo Cienfuegos". La Habana, Cuba.

Keywords:

hypertrophy, retinal pigment epithelium, electrooculography, electroretinography

Abstract

A 24-year-old asymptomatic female patient, with no personal or family history of ophthalmologic or general disease, came to the Ophthalmology Consultation. In a fundus exam conducted for the study of her strabismus when she was one year old, some pigmentation were noticed in the retina and she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a diagnosis which was maintained for 22 years until she came to our clinic. There the patient underwent a complete functional study that included an electroretinogram, an electrooculogram, Goldmann kinetic perimetry and the Farnsworth Munsell Hue test. The diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa was ruled out as all tests were normal and she had no symptoms of it. It was concluded that the patient presents a congenital hypertrophy of retinal pigment epithelium with a different prognosis. The importance of these studies for the differential diagnosis of other retinopathies, which also produce retinal pigmentation, is highlighted.

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Author Biographies

Alberto Barrientos Castaño, Centro Internacional de Retinosis Pigmentaria. Clínica "Camilo Cienfuegos". La Habana, Cuba.

Especialista de I Grado en Oftalmología. Profesor Instructor de la Universidad Médica de La Habana.

Maritza Herrera Mora, Centro Internacional de Retinosis Pigmentaria. Clínica "Camilo Cienfuegos". La Habana, Cuba.

Especialista de I y II Grado en Oftalmología. Profesora Instructora de la Universidad Médica de La Habana.

Carlos Lima León, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I y II Grado en Oftalmología. Máster en Enfermedades Infecciosas. Profesor Asistente de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Obel García Báez, Centro Internacional de Retinosis Pigmentaria. Clínica "Camilo Cienfuegos". La Habana, Cuba.

Especialista de I y II Grado en Oftalmología. Profesor Auxiliar de la Universidad Médica de La Habana.

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Barrientos Castaño A, Herrera Mora M, Lima León C, García Báez O. Congenital hypertrophy of retinal pigment epithelium. Presentation of a patient. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2011 Apr. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 2];5(2):43-9. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/568

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2011): April-June

Section

Case Reports

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