Secondary vasoproliferative retinal tumor associated with Usher syndrome type 1

J AAPOS. 2009 Feb;13(1):97-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2008.07.012. Epub 2008 Nov 20.

Abstract

Vasoproliferative retinal tumors are benign tumors of unknown origin that generally affect healthy persons between their fourth and sixth decades and may lead to severe vision loss as a result of intraretinal hemorrhages and exudates. They must be differentiated from retinal capillary hemangiomas of von Hippel-Lindau disease, retinal astrocytoma, Coats disease, peripheral exudative hemorrhagic chorioretinopathy, choroidal melanomas, and retinal/choroidal metastasis. We describe a case of unilateral vasoproliferative retinal tumor associated with retinitis pigmentosa in a patient with Usher syndrome type 1.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Neoplasms / pathology
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / etiology*
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / pathology
  • Retinal Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Retinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Usher Syndromes / complications*
  • Usher Syndromes / pathology