Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: A 67-year-old female patient with Barraquer-Simons syndrome was referred for progressive visual loss. Barraquer-Simons syndrome is a rare acquired partial lipodystrophy characterized by a loss of subcutaneous fat in the upper half of the body. Fundus examination disclosed posterior atrophic lesions, particularly evident on autofluorescence images, and their progression as compared to a previous examination performed nine years earlier. Multimodal imaging confirmed the posterior atrophic lesions without any associated exudative signs and highlighted the extension of atrophic areas in the periphery. CONCLUSION: We here report for the first time a documented progressive retinal atrophy associated with Barraquer-Simons syndrome. Drusen and neovascular complications have already been described in previous reports, but no long-term follow-up was available until the present case to observe such dramatic evolution of the retinal lesions.
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Authors | Thibaut Gaboriau, Vincent Rigalleau, Marie-Bénédicte Rougier, Jean-François Korobelnik, Marie-Noëlle Delyfer |
Journal | Retinal cases & brief reports
(Retin Cases Brief Rep)
Vol. 16
Issue 1
Pg. 102-105
(Jan 01 2022)
ISSN: 1937-1578 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 31453930
(Publication Type: Case Reports)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Atrophy
(diagnostic imaging, pathology)
- Female
- Humans
- Lipodystrophy
- Multimodal Imaging
- Retina
(diagnostic imaging, pathology)
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