A Case of Unilateral Retinitis Pigmentosa with Lamellar Macular Hole

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Unilateral retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is rare condition and may occur due to genetic mosaism, which may affect only some cells, or developsomatic mutation instead of germinal mutation. A 28-year-old female patient who had had no history of systemic disease, trauma, drug use,or intraocular surgery had progressive vision loss and nyctalopia in her right eye. Her anterior and posterior segment examination revealedposterior subcapsular cataract and RP with lamellar macular hole (MH) in the right eye. Surgery was planned and after phacoemulsifi cationand intraocular lens implantation as well as pars plana vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling, the lamellar MH was completelyclosed and the foveal contour is formed. Many macular abnormalities can be seen in unilateral RP cases. It is of great importance to detectthese macular pathologies early to apply appropriate treatment and to prevent the addition of central visual fi eld to peripheral visual fi eld lostdue to RP.