Late progressive atrophy in rubella retinopathy
Congenital rubella syndrome is characterised by a triad of sensorineural deafness, congenital cataracts and cardiac defects.Up to 62% of affected patients exhibit bilateral pigmentary retinopathy which is typically regarded as non-progressive in adults [1][2][3][4].We demonstrate a case of progressive rubella retinopathy in a 51-year-old female patient.Fundus autofluorescence imaging shows bilateral extra-foveal atrophic patches (long
Authors
- S. Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7931-7208)
- Peter Charbel Issa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0351-6673)
Institutions
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Eye
- Published
- 2025-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-024-03555-7
- Primary Topic
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00