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A Report on Two Siblings

JAMES P. GILLS, JR., MD; DAVID PATON, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1965;73(6):792-795.

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Introduction

This paper reports two cases of pseudoxanthoma elasticum with diffuse mottling of the fundus oculi. The occurrence of a mottled fundus in this disease is rare, but of a characteristic appearance. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) with mottled fundi has been reported in the foreign literature^2,3,7,10,13 but has not been emphasized in papers in this country. Not infrequently, this characteristic fundus mottling is noted in eyes with angioid streaks; but it is rarely the predominant change, as it is in the cases presented here.

Report of Cases

Case 1.

—A boy, age 12, was admitted to the Wilmer Institute on Oct 22, 1962, after having been struck in the right eye with a rock and sustaining traumatic hyphema. It is of note that at age 7 he had a well-documented case of typical rheumatic fever, followed by recurrent attacks. About the time of onset of rheumatic fever, the parents first . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Baltimore

Both from the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute Baltimore. Training Grant No. ERG N 2204 A 64 (Dr. Gills).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov 30, 1964.

Reprint requests to Baltimore, Md 21205 (Dr. Gills).

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