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Chiharu Shima, MD; Shunji Kusaka, MD; Hiroyuki Kondo, MD; Haruyuki Hasebe, MD; Takashi Fujikado, MD; Yasuo Tano, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2009;127(4):579-580.

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Norrie disease (ND) is an inherited eye disease caused by mutations in the Norrie disease protein gene,¹ and it is characterized by congenital blindness due to malformations of the retina.² Patients are rarely seen before they develop a retinal detachment (RD), and surgical intervention usually fails because of the long-standing RD. We describe a case of ND in which the clinical course and angiographic findings were examined before the development of an RD. A falciform RD developed and lens-sparing vitrectomy reattached the retina.

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A 4-month-old boy was referred because of leukokoria in his right eye. Informed consent was obtained from his parents to perform genetic analyses, and a single base-pair substitution (c.53 T to A) was detected.³ Slitlamp examination showed a shallow anterior chamber, a clear lens, and a retrolenticular mass in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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