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WILLIAM V. DELANEY, JR., M.D.; WALTER PODEDWORNY, M.D.; WILLIAM H. HAVENER, M.D.

Arch Ophthalmol. 1963;69(1):44-50.

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Aside from gross congenital anomalies such as falciform folds and colobomata, the known hereditary causes of retinal detachment include myopic degeneration,¹ retinoschisis,^2,3 vitreous degeneration,⁴ and peripheral retinal degeneration.⁵

Vitreous and retinal degeneration are known to be associated with high myopia and to predispose to retinal detachment.⁶ Edmund reported 5 families in whom retinal detachment occurred in high myopes.¹ His findings of 3 families with dominant transmission and 2 with recessive transmission agree with the known variable heredity of myopia itself.⁶

Retinoschisis, as outlined by Levy,² is a sex-linked recessive disease with a predilection for inferior temporal quadrant of the globe. Abnormal vitreoretinal adhesions may be responsible for retinal tears and detachment.⁷ Since these abnormalities are often bilateral and symmetrical, they are likely to be of hereditary origin. Familial occurrence of vitreous membranes is reported.³ The high incidence of severe peripheral . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Syracuse, N.Y.

State Tower Building, Syracuse (Dr. Delaney).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication June 11, 1962.

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