RETINAL INVOLVEMENT IN PIGMENT DISPERSION SYNDROME

Retinal involvement has been documented in a number of patients with p igment dispersion syndrome, which also appears to be associated with a higher than normal risk of retinal detachment. We studied 24 patients with this syndrome to determine the prevalence of lattice degeneratio n and other retinal disorders associated with a predisposition to deta chment. Lattice degeneration was found in 8 of 24 patients examined, w ith a prevalence that is significantly higher than that reported for n ormal subjects. Four eyes presented areas of retinoschisis and only on e displayed a rhegmatogenous detachment. A father and son (both myopes ) were found to have similar lattice lesions in the same retinal quadr ants. These findings suggest that pigment dispersion syndrome may be a ssociated with developmental anomalies that are not restricted to the anterior chamber but involve other portions of the bulb as well.