Mucopolysaccharidosis type 2

A lysosomal storage disease with multisystemic involvement leading to a massive accumulation of glycosaminoglycans and a wide variety of symptoms including distinctive coarse facial features, short stature, cardio-respiratory involvement and skeletal abnormalities. It manifests as a continuum varying from a severe form with neurodegeneration to an attenuated form without neuronal involvement.

Epiretinal membrane

An epiretinal membrane is a thin sheet of fibrous tissue that can develop on the surface of the macular area of the retina and cause a disturbance in vision. An epiretinal membrane area can develop on the thin macular area of the retin. An epiretinal membrane is also sometimes called a macular pucker, premacular fibrosis, surface wrinkling retinopathy or cellophane maculopathy.


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PMID (PMCID)
8832724
MALE
Bilateral epiretinal membranes: a new finding in Hunter syndrome.
Narita AS, Russell-Eggitt I.
Ophthalmic Genet. 1996;17(2):75-8.
We report the cases of two brothers with Hunter syndrome with the previously undocumented ocular finding of bilateral epiretinal membranes.