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X-linked familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. Report of one family
F Clement1, C A Beckford, A Corral
1Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario Principe de Astrias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
Background:
Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy is an uncommon heredodegenerative disease with different types of inheritance and degrees of severity.
Methods:
Findings in five affected members of a family in which the X-linked mode of inheritance of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy is present are discussed.
Results:
Patients presented with characteristic retinal exudative tractional detachment, temporal retinal vessel traction, capillary dilatation, neovascularization, and vitreous veils.
Conclusion:
A review of the 21 cases of X-linked familial exudative vitreoretinopathy reported to date indicates a worse outcome in this mode of inheritance than in cases of autosomal dominant inheritance.