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In-Vivo Visualization of Retinal Crystals in Bietti’s Crystalline Dystrophy by Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography

Giuseppe Querques, MD; Claudia Quijano, MD; Rislie Bouzitou-Mfoumou, MS; Gisèle Soubrane, MD, PhD; Eric H Souied, MD, PhD

  • Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging
  • DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20100215-94
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Abstract

In this study, an attempt is made to assess in-vivo, the location of retinal crystals in a 39-year-old woman with Bietti’s crystalline dystrophy using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (Spectralis SD-OCT). In this patient, it was possible to show the exact correspondence between the retinal crystals, as visualized by infrared frame, and the tiny hyper-reflective SD-OCT lesions that appeared localized in all retinal layers, from the RPE to the retinal nerve fibre layer.

AUTHORS

From the Department of Ophthalmology, Hopital Intercommunal de Creteil, University Paris XII, France.

The authors have no financial or proprietary interest in the materials presented herein.

Address correspondence to Giuseppe Querques, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Paris XII, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Creteil, 40 Avenue de Verdun, 94000 Creteil, France.

doi: 10.3928/15428877-20100215-94

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