Bloom syndrome: multiple retinopathies in a chromosome breakage disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To describe multiple retinal abnormalities in a patient with Bloom syndrome, including early macular drusen, diabetic retinopathy, and the onset of leukaemic retinopathy.

Methods

Clinical data were collected over 1 year of follow up, and ocular abnormalities in Bloom syndrome were reviewed from the literature.

Results

A 39 year old man with a rare autosomal recessive "chromosome breakage" syndrome was followed. A variety of ocular findings have been reported in Bloom syndrome; this patient had hard drusen in both maculae, non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and haemorrhagic retinopathy as a herald of acute lymphocytic leukaemia.

Conclusions

Bloom syndrome is a rare disorder of genomic instability, in which a variety of ocular abnormalities have been fou

SUBMITTER: Bhisitkul RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1772056 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature