Retinitis pigmentosa patients with sickle cell disease and dextrocardia and situs inversus syndrome

C Madhavan; P Bhende; L Gopal; S B Vasanthi; G Kumaramanickavel

Retinitis pigmentosa patients with sickle cell disease and dextrocardia and situs inversus syndrome

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2001 Sep;49(3):193-5.

Authors

C Madhavan¹, P Bhende, L Gopal, S B Vasanthi, G Kumaramanickavel

Affiliation

¹ Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India.

PMID: 15887731

Abstract

Two cases of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) with associated sickle cell disease in one patient, and situs inversus totalis in the other are reported. To our best knowledge, these associations have never been reported in RP.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications*
Anemia, Sickle Cell / diagnosis
Dextrocardia / complications*
Dextrocardia / diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Electrocardiography
Electroretinography
Erythrocyte Count
Humans
Male
Pedigree
Radiography, Thoracic
Retina / pathology
Retina / physiopathology
Retinitis Pigmentosa / complications*
Retinitis Pigmentosa / diagnosis
Situs Inversus / complications*
Situs Inversus / diagnosis
Visual Fields