Cystoid macular edema precipitated by altitude in a patient with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa.

Conclusion: Vascular and metabolic changes caused by retinal degeneration in XLRP may predispose to the development of CME under the hypoxic conditions experienced at high altitudes. We advise that retinal specialists treating patients with RP should caution them on traveling to high altitudes that could precipitate or exacerbate CME. PMID: 32400255 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Ophthalmic Genetics - Category: Opthalmology Tags: Ophthalmic Genet Source Type: research