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Retinitis pigmentosa associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Author(s) -
PERNG Chan T,
SEGASOTHY Murugasu
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1440-1797
pISSN - 1320-5358
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1797.1998.tb00319.x
Subject(s) - retinitis pigmentosa , medicine , autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease , blurred vision , polycystic kidney disease , disease , ophthalmology , pathology , retinal
SUMMARY: We report a case of a 35‐year‐old man with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) who presented for the first time with end‐stage renal failure. He had a long history of blurred vision and on examination had retinitis pigmentosa. to our knowledge, this is the second report on the association of retinitis pigmentosa with polycystic kidney disease.