Abstract
Purpose: To report a heterozygous female presenting with an early-onset and severe form of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP).Patients and Methods: This is a case series presenting the clinical findings in a heterozygous female with XLRP and two of her family members. Fundus photography, fundus autofluorescence, ocular coherence tomography, and visual perimetry are presented.Results: The proband reported here is a heterozygous female who presented at the age of 8 years with an early onset and aggressive form of XLRP. The patient belongs to a four-generation family with a total of three affected females and four affected males. The patient was initially diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) at the age of 4 years. Genetic testing identified a heterozygous donor splice site mutation in intron 1 (IVS1 + 1G > A) of the retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator gene. The father of the proband was diagnosed with RP when he was a young child. The sister of the proband, evaluated at the age of 6 years, showed macular pigmentary changes.Conclusions: Although carriers of XLRP are usually asymptomatic or have a mild disease of late onset, the proband presented here exhibited an early-onset, aggressive form of the disease. It is not clear why some carrier females manifest a severe phenotype. A better understanding of the genetic processes involved in the penetrance and expressivity of XLRP in heterozygous females could assist in providing the appropriate counseling to affected families.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 251-256 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Ophthalmic Genetics |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 3 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Manifesting carrier
- X-linked retinitis pigmentosa
- retinitis pigmentosa
- retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Ophthalmology
- Genetics(clinical)