Familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and retinitis pigmentosa: a new association

Hazza, Issa A.
Saqan, Rola S.
Sacca, Edward J.
Hadidi, Reem H.
Al-Kaisi, Nabih S.
Shaban, Riham I.

King Hussein Medical Center, Amman - Jordan

Address for correspondence:

Issa Hazza, M.D.

King Hussein Medical Center

P.O. Box 143924

Amman 11814, Jordan[email protected]

Received: May 30, 2006 Accepted: June 20, 2006

Journal of Nephrology 20(1):p 88-90, January 2007.

ABSTRACT:

The association of retinitis pigmentosa with renal disease is rare and occurs mainly in two conditions: medullary cystic disease and Bardet-Biedl syndrome; here we describe a case of retinitis pigmentosa with familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, which to the best of our knowledge has never been reported previously.