[Idiopathic juvenile retinoschisis of young people]

Four cases of hereditary sex-linked juvenile retinoschisis are reviewed and compared with those reported in the literature. Ophthalmoscopic, angiographic and therapeutic features of this disease, characterized by its recessive sex-linked hereditary nature and its clinical symptoms associating microcystic macular degeneration, peripheral lesions, vitreous disturbances and altered electroretinograms, are described. The importance of monitoring and treating the peripheral retinal lesions is emphasized.