A 49YO female was involved in a motor vehicle accident 30 years ago.
Her retina showed signs of pigmentary retinopathy from the ocular injury, which could be mistaken for retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Unlike typical RP, our patient had multifocal, sectoral, unilateral findings.
Learning Point:
Intact photoreceptors inhibit RPE migration. Photoreceptor loss from numerous causes, including blunt trauma, retinal detachment, macular telangiectasia, and retinitis pigmentosa, can allow intraretinal RPE migration with this shared phenotype.
