phenylephrine-hydrochloride and Retinal-Detachment

Stickler syndrome is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by various disorders of the eyes and the connective tissues throughout the body. It can arise from a mutation in the collagen associated gene. We present a case of Stickler syndrome with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.. A 10-years-old boy was referred to us with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment of the right eye. His family history included eye disease and a cleft palate. He had high myopia, vitreous liquefaction and lattice degeneration in the both eye. He also had a cleft palate and a broad nasal bridge. His condition was diagnosed as Stickler syndrome. We performed vitrectomy, scleral buckling and encircling, and silicone oil injection in the right eye. We also did a reattachment of the retina in the right eye.. Pediatric retinal detachment may indicate the presence of Stickler syndrome and a complete examination of the eye as well as a full family history must be obtained in such cases.

Topics: Child; Cleft Palate; Eye Diseases; Fibrillar Collagens; Genes, Dominant; Humans; Injections, Intraocular; Male; Mutation; Myopia; Nose; Retinal Detachment; Scleral Buckling; Silicone Oils; Syndrome; Vitrectomy; Vitreous Body

Retinal detachment is unusual in children and is often associated with other serious ocular abnormalities. In more than 25 children varying in age from 3 to 16 years in whom the common ocular complication was congenital myopia, associated features included facial abnormalities and other changes often associated with familial and inherited conditions. A very high incidence of giant retinal breaks was found and these were associated with considerable difficulty in treatment.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Male; Myopia; Nose; Retinal Detachment