X-linked juvenile retinoschisis: A case report

X-linked juvenile retinoschisis in a black South African: A case report

“…9 The second, more recent article is a case report published in the Nigerian Journal of Ophthalmology in 2018. 8 This case report is of a 12-year-old male who presented with foveal schisis as well as inferotemporal schisis that was not seen in our case.…”

“…4,7,8 Although it has been described in black patients, 8,9,10 the paucity of documented case reports in the literature of black patients presenting with XLRS prompted this case report. To our knowledge, there have only been three case reports of black patients with XLRS (two family reviews conducted in the 1970s) 8,10 and a recent case report in a Nigerian child. 8 The first was published in 1972 by Constantaras et al who described XLRS in an African-American family.…”

“…To our knowledge, there have only been three case reports of black patients with XLRS (two family reviews conducted in the 1970s) 8,10 and a recent case report in a Nigerian child. 8 The first was published in 1972 by Constantaras et al who described XLRS in an African-American family. 9 The second, more recent article is a case report published in the Nigerian Journal of Ophthalmology in 2018.…”

“…1,3,4,5 Vitreous veils with elevation of the surface retinal layer are commonly observed, 1,3,5,7 and approximately half of the patients have an accompanying peripheral retinoschisis which is usually inferotemporal in location. 1,3,4,5,7,8 Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become an important diagnostic examination 3 showing splitting and cystic changes of inner nuclear, outer plexiform and outer nuclear layers, 1,4 a shift from the earlier histopathological studies showing nerve fibre layer separation. Fundus fluorescein is essentially normal and allows one to exclude other differentials.…”