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Bilateral rhegmatogenous retinal detachment due to unusual retinal degeneration in Down syndrome: A case report.

Yumiko Yonemoto, Seita Morishita, Masanori Fukumoto, Masashi Mimura, Takaki Sato, Teruyo Kida, Shota Kojima, Hidehiro Oku, Jun Sugasawa, Tsunehiko Ikeda

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Article in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Craniofacial Surgery in Children With Down Syndrome: A 6-decade Scoping Review.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025
    Article
  2. Down syndrome: a review of ocular manifestations.Therapeutic advances in ophthalmology
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yumiko YonemotoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki-City, Osaka, Japan.
Seita Morishita
Masanori Fukumoto
Masashi Mimura
Takaki Sato
Teruyo Kida
Shota Kojima
Hidehiro Oku
Jun Sugasawa
Tsunehiko Ikeda
Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleThe aim of this study was to report a case of Down syndrome (DS) complicated with bilateral retinal detachment (RD) due to unusual retinal degeneration. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 9-year-old girl complained of bilateral visual disturbance during a follow-up examination for myopia and strabismus. DIAGNOSES: Slit-lamp examination revealed moderate posterior subcapsular cataract in both eyes. B-mode echography showed bilateral bullous RD; however, it was difficult to detect the causal retinal breaks due to poor mydriasis.

interventionsFor treatment, the patient underwent bilateral lensectomy, vitrectomy, and silicone oil tamponade. OUTCOMES: Intraoperative findings revealed symmetrical retinal breaks and unusual caterpillar-like retinal degeneration on the upper temporal side of both eyes. Three months later, the patient underwent bilateral silicone oil removal and intraocular lens implantation. LESSONS: In this case, the retinal degeneration was morphologically different from retinal lattice degeneration, thus suggesting that it might be involved in the onset of DS-related bilateral RD.

Indexed as

ChildDown SyndromeEye Diseases, HereditaryFemaleHumansRetinal DegenerationRetinal Detachment

Identifiers

PMID29851814
PMCPMC6392586
OpenAlexW2805740443

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