Monday, March 26, 2007

Fleck Retina of Kandori Syndrome

Fleck Retina of Kandori Syndrome (Kandori Syndrome)

General:
Possibly hereditary; onset young age; focal disturbance of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE); affects both sexes; toxic causes also considered.

Ocular: Relatively large, irregular, yellowish flecks, sharply border-lined without pigmentation underneath retinal vessels and usually in the midperiphery; poor dark adaptation; normal photopic electroretinographic response; delay in generation of the scotopic response.

Clinical: None.

Bullock JD, Albert DM. Flecked retina. Arch Ophthalmol 1975; 93:26.

Carr RE. Abnormalities of cone and rod function. In: Ryan SJ, ed. Retina, vol. II, 2nd ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1994: 512-513.

Kandori F. Very rare cases of congenital non-progressive nightblindness with fleck retina. Jpn J Ophthalmol 1959; 13:394.

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