METHODS: The 38-year-old index patient was examined by visual acuity testing, perimetry, dark adaptometry, funduscopy, electroretinogram (ERG), and multifocal ERG. She was screened for mutations in exons 2-5 and exon/intron boundaries of the 11- cis retinol dehydrogenase gene by direct sequencing. RESULTS: Visual acuity was 1.0, but perimetry revealed paracentral scotomas associated with reading problems. The optic discs were normal. After 45 min of darkness there was nearly no increase of light sensitivity. After 30 min of dark adaptation, the scotopic ERG showed reduced amplitudes, but after 60 min a nearly normal level was reached. The 30-Hz flicker response of the cone ERG showed borderline implicit times, but no reduction of amplitudes. However, multifocal ERG clearly disclosed a paracentral amplitude reduction as the reason for the visual field defects. The fundus was typical for fundus albipunctatus. The patient is a compound heterozygote carrying a Ile33Asn and a Arg157Trp mutation. CONCLUSIONS: The paracentral visual field defects were due to cone dysfunction. So far the patient exhibits no cone dystrophy.
METHODS: The 38-year-old index patient was examined by visual acuity testing, perimetry, dark adaptometry, funduscopy, electroretinogram (ERG), and multifocal ERG. She was screened for mutations in exons 2-5 and exon/intron boundaries of the 11- cis retinol dehydrogenase gene by direct sequencing. RESULTS: Visual acuity was 1.0, but perimetry revealed paracentral scotomas associated with reading problems. The optic discs were normal. After 45 min of darkness there was nearly no increase of light sensitivity. After 30 min of dark adaptation, the scotopic ERG showed reduced amplitudes, but after 60 min a nearly normal level was reached. The 30-Hz flicker response of the cone ERG showed borderline implicit times, but no reduction of amplitudes. However, multifocal ERG clearly disclosed a paracentral amplitude reduction as the reason for the visual field defects. The fundus was typical for fundus albipunctatus. The patient is a compound heterozygote carrying a Ile33Asn and a Arg157Trp mutation. CONCLUSIONS: The paracentral visual field defects were due to cone dysfunction. So far the patient exhibits no cone dystrophy.
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