Hereditary retinal degenerations and dystrophies
A multi-disciplinary care
Founded in 1994, the consultations of ‘’genetic ophthalmology’’ quickly turned his orientation towards retinal diseases of genetic origin. This consultation has been labeled Centre de Référence Maladies Rares since 2006, in collaboration with the Quinze-Vingts Hospital, as part of the national Rare Diseases plan. and within the Referet framework. The CHIC ophthalmic rare diseases center is also part of the SENSGENE.
This consultation aims at a multi-disciplinary management of hereditary retinal dystrophies. The ophthalmological consultation is carried out by a specialist in rare retinal diseases. There is also the possibility of psychological interview, and a consultation of medical genetics is provided by Dr Kaplan. You can make an appointment by phone: 01 45 17 52 30.
This consultation is designed for multi-disciplinary management of hereditary fundus and macular dystrophies.
A very heterogeneous group of diseases
Hereditary fundus dystrophies are a group of heterogeneous disorders, with a prevalence of approximately 1:3,500 individuals in the French population and about 40,000 patients in France. They are therefore named rare diseases.
The most frequent disease is Retinis Pigmentosa.
Fundus dystrophies affect the entire retinal tissue. In addition to Retinitis Pigmentosa, other dystrophies like choroideremia, Gyrate atrophy, ocular albinism and mitochondrial and metabolic diseases are also an impressive part of our clinical effort.
Hereditary macular dystrophies preferentially affect macular tissue. They are a very heterogeneous set of conditions, including Stargardt disease, fundus flavimaculatus, Best macular distrophy, pseudo-vitelliform dystrophy, progressive cone dystrophy, pattern dystrophy, Sorsby pseudo inflammatory dystrophy, juvenile X-linked retinoschisis, familial dominant drusen.
An assessment based on morphological characteristics and functional tests will make it possible to distinguish these diseases.
You can make an appointment with one of the Ophthalmologists of the department who provide specific care dedicated to this pathology:
