Partial lipodystrophy with associated fundus abnormalities: an optical coherence tomography study
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Scientific Institute H S Raffaele, University of Milan, Italy
- Professor Rosario Brancato, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Scientific Institute H San Raffaele, University of Milano, Milano, Italy.
- Accepted 8 September 1997
Editor,—A patient with acquired partial lipodystrophy (PLD), associated with drusen-like lesions of the posterior pole, underwent fluorescein angiography (FA), electroretinogram (ERG), pattern electroretinogram (PERG), and electro-oculogram (EOG). In addition, optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans of the posterior pole were performed. Visual acuity was normal and the patient did not reveal metamorphopsia. There were, however, diffuse alterations at the EOG, whereas the ERG results were normal.
Drusen-like lesions have already been described in PLD and the associated EOG abnormalities were supposed to be related to Bruch’s membrane deposits.1-3 This study, by means of OCT, confirms that drusen-like lesions correspond …
