TY - JOUR
T1 - Neovascular maculopathy associated with rubella retinopathy
AU - Hirano, Keiji
AU - Tanikawa, Atsuhiro
AU - Miyake, Yozo
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Background : We report three eyes of two patients with rubella retinopathy which were associated with choroidal neovascularization in the macula. Cases : A 7-year-old girl (case 1) and a 12-yearold girl (case 2) whose mothers had suffered rubella during their pregnancy revealed typical rubella retinopathy in both eyes and neovascular maculopathy in one eye at their initial visit to our clinic. Neovascular maculopathy developed in another eye of case 1 after a follow-up of 10 months. Results : The clinical characteristics indicated that 1 sudden visual loss occurs in children, 2 there is no external trigger such as eye injury, and 3 the visual prognosis appears relatively good. Conclusion : Although neovascular maculopathy is rare in pediatric disease, the rubella retinopathy may have the potential to cause neovascular maculopathy.
AB - Background : We report three eyes of two patients with rubella retinopathy which were associated with choroidal neovascularization in the macula. Cases : A 7-year-old girl (case 1) and a 12-yearold girl (case 2) whose mothers had suffered rubella during their pregnancy revealed typical rubella retinopathy in both eyes and neovascular maculopathy in one eye at their initial visit to our clinic. Neovascular maculopathy developed in another eye of case 1 after a follow-up of 10 months. Results : The clinical characteristics indicated that 1 sudden visual loss occurs in children, 2 there is no external trigger such as eye injury, and 3 the visual prognosis appears relatively good. Conclusion : Although neovascular maculopathy is rare in pediatric disease, the rubella retinopathy may have the potential to cause neovascular maculopathy.
KW - Children
KW - Choroidal neovascularization
KW - Neovascular maculopathy
KW - Rubella retinopathy
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U2 - 10.1016/s0021-5155(00)00266-5
DO - 10.1016/s0021-5155(00)00266-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 10885278
AN - SCOPUS:0034199142
SN - 0029-0203
VL - 104
SP - 431
EP - 436
JO - Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society
JF - Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society
IS - 6
ER -