Cone dystrophies with negative photopic electroretinogram.

نویسندگان

  • U Kellner
  • M H Foerster
چکیده

A scotopic electroretinogram with an a-wave amplitude larger than the b-wave amplitude traditionally is termed 'negative'. Six male patients with negative photopic electroretinograms were examined; three of them suffered from progressive cone dystrophy, in which negative electroretinograms are unusual. Another patient without symptoms was the brother of a patient with cone dystrophy. These patients are compared with others who characteristically have negative electroretinograms-one patient with incomplete congenital stationary night blindness and another with X linked congenital retinoschisis. Differential diagnosis between these unusual cases of cone dystrophies and X linked retinoschisis or congenital stationary night blindness was possible with funduscopy, adaptometry, and evaluation of progression, but not with the electroretinogram. Inner retinal defects may occur in cone dystrophies as indicated by the negative electroretinogram. The waveform variations between our patients may be due to different inner retinal defects. The findings in two brothers indicate that cone dystrophy and inner retinal defects may be inherited separately.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of ophthalmology

دوره 77 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1993