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• Background: Autosomal dominant vitreoretinochoroidopathy (ADVIRC) is a rare disorder previously described in four families residing in the USA and one family residing in Germany. We report the clinical and unexpected electrophysiological findings in a sixth family, residing in Germany. • Methods: An affected 23-year-old man, his 52-year-old affected mother and his 55-year-old unaffected father were examined by testing visual acuity, fluorescein angiography, visual fields, dark adaptation, electrooculography (EOG) and electroretinography (ERG). • Results: The 23-year-old man showed a circumferential retinochoroidal dystrophy extending from the mid-periphery to the ora serrata. There was a sharp demarcation between affected and nonaffected retina. Peripheral to the damarcation, bone spicules and yellow-white deposits were present, and the retinal vessels were severely attenuated. In addition, vitreous opacities were present. The EOG light rise was normal. The ERG amplitudes were reduced to 35% of the normal in all recording conditions. The 52-year-old mother showed marked peripheral pigmentation, but no bone spicules, deposits or vitreous opacities. Her EOG and ERG recordings were normal. • Conclusions: Expression of ADVIRC can be very variable within the same family. A reduced EOG light rise, previously suggested as a characteristic sign for ADVIRC, is not a typical sign for all affected patients.
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Received: 8 January 1997 Revised version received: 26 February 1997 Accepted:17 April 1997
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Kellner, U., Jandeck, C., Kraus, H. et al. Autosomal dominant vitreoretinochoroidopathy with normal electrooculogram in a German family. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 236, 109–114 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004170050050
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