CASE REPORT
Sclerochoroidal calcification associated with Gitelman syndrome and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition
1 Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, City Hospital NHS Trust, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QU, UK
2 Queens Hospital, Belvedere Road, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0RB, UK
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MrR Gupta
Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, City Hospital NHS Trust, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QU, UK; rajen.gupta1{at}btinternet.com
Sclerochoroidal calcification is an uncommon condition. Metabolic evaluation and clinical examination are important to exclude associated systemic conditions such as the Bartter and Gitelman syndromes. It has been suggested that the lesions seen in sclerochoroidal calcification are calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals. This report describes the first documented case in the UK of sclerochoroidal calcification associated with Gitelman syndrome and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition.
Abbreviations: CPPD, calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate; RPE, subretinal pigment epithelium
Keywords: calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate; deposition; sclerochoroidal calcification; Gitelman syndrome; hypokalaemia
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