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Foveal hypoplasia in oculocutaneous albinism: An optical coherence tomography study

African Vision and Eye Health, 2023
Background: Albinism is an inherited condition characterised by a lack of pigmentation. Foveal hypoplasia, which occurs because of disruptions in normal foveal development, is commonly observed in albinism.
Ethan Pillay, Nishanee Rampersad
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Stacked implantation of two prosthetic iris devices for patients with iris defects: A modified surgical technique

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2023
Purpose: Iris pigment deficiency in patients with oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) often causes debilitating photophobia, which is routinely managed by sequential intracapsular insertion of two aniridia rings.
David Ethan Rabinovitch, Ralf Buhrmann, Devesh K. Varma   +2 more
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Childhood autism in a 13 year old boy with oculocutaneous albinism: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2008
Introduction Hypomelanotic skin disorders like tuberous sclerosis and hypomelanosis of Ito that present with multiple systemic manifestations have been reported in association with childhood autism.
Bakare Muideen O, Ikegwuonu Nkeiruka N
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Co-occurrence of sickle cell disease and oculocutaneous albinism in a Congolese patient: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Sickle cell disease and oculocutaneous albinism are rare autosomal recessive disorders both related to mutations on chromosome 11. The diagnosis of patients suffering from both pathologies is necessary to enable dedicated monitoring of any ...
Benoît Mbiya Mukinayi, John Mpoyi Kalenda, Didier Kalombo Kalenda, Ghislain Disashi Tumba, Béatrice Gulbis   +4 more
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The experience of people with oculocutaneous albinism

Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2012
This article reports the experiences of people with oculocutaneous albinism in South Africa. Oculocutaneous albinism is an inherited disorder characterised by the defective production of melanin, with little or no pigmentation in the skin, hair and eyes.
Mmuso B.J. Pooe- Monyemore, Thandisizwe R. Mavundla, Arnold L. Christianson   +2 more
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Genetic analyses of oculocutaneous albinism types 1 and 2 with four novel mutations

BMC Medical Genetics, 2019
Background Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a human autosomal-recessive hypopigmentation disorder with hypopigmentation in the skin, hair, and eyes. OCA1 and OCA2 are caused by mutations of the TYR and OCA2 genes, respectively, which are responsible for ...
Qi Yang, Sheng Yi, Mengting Li, Bobo Xie, Jinsi Luo, Jin Wang, Xiuliang Rong, Qinle Zhang, Zailong Qin, Limei Hang, Shihan Feng, Xin Fan   +11 more
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Successful treatment of aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity with diode laser in ocular albinism: A case report

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019
Oculocutaneous albinism is characterized by partial or complete absence of melanin in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and uveal melanocytes. Absence of typical fundal background from RPE and choroid makes it difficult to diagnose retinal disorders in ...
Anil B Gangwe, Swapnil M Parchand, Raj Vardhan Azad, Deepshikha Agrawal, Priyavrat Bhatia   +4 more
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Mutational Analysis of the TYR and OCA2 Genes in Four Chinese Families with Oculocutaneous Albinism. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is an autosomal recessive disorder. The most common type OCA1 and OCA2 are caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the tyrosinase gene (TYR) and OCA2 gene, respectively.The purpose of this study was to ...
Yun Wang, Zhi Wang, Mengping Chen, Ning Fan, Jie Yang, Lu Liu, Ying Wang, Xuyang Liu   +7 more
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Management of complicated proliferative diabetic retinopathy in a patient with oculocutaneous albinism

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2022
Purpose: To describe the management and outcome of a patient with oculocutaneous albinism and complicated proliferative diabetic retinopathy, as well as to discuss treatment challenges and strategies in this patient population. Observation: A 52-year-old
Abdullah Al Marshood, Ramzi Al Judaibi, Hamdah Alkhaldi, Marco Mura   +3 more
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Eccrine porocarcinoma with squamous differentiation in a patient with oculocutaneous albinism

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2020
Eccrine porocarcinoma is a rare malignant skin appendage tumor of sweat gland origin. Eccrine porocarcinoma arising in a patient of oculocutaneous albinism is extremely rare and only two cases have been reported in English literature to the best of our ...
Biswajit Dey, Vandana Raphael, Caleb Harris   +2 more
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