An ocular presentation of familial tumoral calcinosis. (21st September 2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McGrath, Emer; Harney, Fiona; Kinsella, Frank
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 2010
• Publication Date: 2010-09-21
• Subjects: Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr.05.2010.3044
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : This case report presents the ophthalmic features and complications of a 56-year-old Caucasian woman with familial tumoral calcinosis. She presented to our ophthalmology clinic with a 3-month history of blurring of her vision. She had been diagnosed 14 years earlier with familial tumoral calcinosis. Ophthalmological examination revealed calcific depositions on the eyelid margins, perilimbal calcific deposits and angioid streaks. An optical coherence tomography scan of the left eye revealed a choroidal neovascular membrane. Deterioration in vision occurred secondary to subretinal haemorrhage, resulting from the angioid streak. The patient was treated with a series of three intravitreal ranibizumab injections to her left eye, which led to an improvement in her visual acuity (VA). The patient is being closely followed up with monthly appointments, and to date, after 6 months of follow-up, there has been no further deterioration in her VA or reactivation of the choroidal neovascular membrane.