Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in a patient with DMPK-associated myotonic dystrophy.

Yuka IidaTakaaki HayashiTeruaki TokuhisaKei MizobuchiShusaku OmotoTadashi Nakano

Published in: Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology (2022)

This is the first patient with DM1 complicated with PCV. Widespread retinal dysfunction may be associated with expanded CTG repeats, which is significantly longer than the mean repeat number of patients with DM1.

Keyphrases

optical coherence tomography
case report
oxidative stress
age related macular degeneration
early onset
diabetic retinopathy
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
muscular dystrophy