Many of us have patients with retinitis pigmentosa; sometimes they come in with the diagnosis, and sometimes we are the ones who discover the hallmarks of the disease. It is a quintessential “a ...

This illustration depicts an eye with retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic eye disease marked by attenuated blood vessels, pigmentary bone spicules, and the waxy appearance of the optic disc ...

Retinitis pigmentosa affects about 1 in 4,000 people, ... "With RP, one can see bone spicules in the mid-periphery, a waxy pale optic nerve, and attenuated retinal vessels.

A 38-year-old male was referred to the RP clinic by his optometrist who had noticed bone spicule pigmentation in both fundi. Over the previous 5 years, he admitted to having increasing difficulty ...

Retinal signs include bone spicules, ... Up to 70% of patients with retinitis pigmentosa can have cystoid macular edema, so thorough subjective and objective testing is advised, ...

• Fundus examination shows classic areas of spidery, bone-spicule pigment clumps – typically with perivascular disposition. ... 1 Bundey S and Crews SJ. A study of retinitis pigmentosa in the city of ...

Retinitis pigmentosa is the leading cause of inherited retinal degeneration-associated blindness. The prevalence is 1 in 4,000 among all age groups and 1 in 3,195 persons in population aged ...

Atypical retinitis pigmentosa is a form of retinitis pigmentosa that lacks some typical characteristics of the condition. It may be more difficult to diagnose. Learn more here.

Color blindness and other visual impairments caused by retinitis pigmentosa can also occur. Retinal implants have recently gained attention as a potential treatment for RP-induced color blindness.

Retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative genetic disease of the eye, is characterized by progressive vision loss, usually leading to blindness. In some patients, structural defects in the ...