Visual Loss in Psudoxanthoma Elasticum

Apichart Singalavanija M.D.,*
Ngamkae Dangosintr M.D.*
Department of Ophthalmology
*Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700 

  Abstract A case of pseudoxanthoma elasticum in a 48-year-old man who presented with skin lesions and visual loss was reported. Ocular changes included angioid streaks around the discs and yellowish mottling of the retinal pigment epithelium (peau d’orange) in the posterior poles. The patient had visual deterioration due to choroidal neovascularization involved the macular of the right eye.

Thai J Ophthalmol 1990; Jan-June 4(1):25-28