{"id":74019,"date":"2021-11-23T16:45:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atlasrleye.com\/usher-syndrome\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T00:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T00:03:31","slug":"usher-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.atlasrleye.com\/en\/usher-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"USHER SYNDROME"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;RETINAL DYSTROPHIES AND SYNDROMES&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h5|font_size:22px|text_align:center|color:%23000000&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.atlasrleye.com%2Fen%2Fatlas%2F%231636632807269-1444524b-3ed4|&#8221;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-eye&#8221; i_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; i_size=&#8221;lg&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;8&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1637080776101{margin-bottom: -5px !important;}&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#bababa&#8221; i_custom_color=&#8221;#bababa&#8221;][vc_custom_heading source=&#8221;post_title&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|font_size:44px|text_align:center|color:%235f1b52&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69f278c4b2752\" data-id=\"69f278c4b2752\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"0\" data-height-tab=\"\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-100 middle-subtext text-justify hidden-text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\">Usher\u2019s syndrome is characterized by the association of retinitis pigmentosa and congenital sensorineural hearing loss, whether partial or profound. It is classified into 4 types:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Type I \u2013 congenital deafness with early retinitis pigmentosa<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Type II &#8211; congenital partial deafness and late onset of retinitis pigmentosa<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Type III \u2013 initially normal hearing and vision that worsen with age; psychosis<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Type IV \u2013 X-linked with retinitis pigmentosa, cataract, deafness, ataxia, and mental retardation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\">Ocular symptoms include photophobia, nyctalopya, dark adaptation problems, dyschromatopsia, photopsias, and constriction of visual fields.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\">The classic fundus appears with dark pigmentary clumps in the periphery and perivenous areas (bone spicules). Attenuated retinal vessels, waxy optic disc pallor, cystoid macular edema and fine pigmented vitreous cells may be found.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\">Molecular testing for specific forms of Usher\u2019s syndrome will confirm the diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Differential Diagnosis<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Congenital stationary night blindness<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Vitamina A deficiency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;21760,21759,21758,21757&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; speed=&#8221;2000&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;yes&#8221; hide_pagination_control=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1752537505084{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"stats-block stats-left  \"><div class=\"aio-icon-left\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper  \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon square \"  style=\"color:#333333;background:#ffffff;font-size:32px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"Defaults-eye\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"stats-desc\" id=\"counter-responsv-wrap-3767\"><div id=\"counter_186381981569f278c4b29f9\" data-id=\"counter_186381981569f278c4b29f9\"  data-ultimate-target='#counter-responsv-wrap-3767 .stats-number'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"stats-number ult-responsive\" style=\"font-size:28px; 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