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Query: UMLS:C0086543 (
cataract
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Usher syndrome is a genetic disease resulting in double sensory deprivation (auditory and visual) called deafblindness. We report the case of a 50-year old patient, born to consanguineous parents, presenting with
congenital deafness
associated with normal vestibular function and pigmentary retinopathy responsible for decreased bilateral visual acuity occurred at the age of 16 years. This association composes Usher syndrome type 2, a rare autosomal recessive disorder.
Cataract
surgery allowed visual acuity improvement in this patient.
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PMID:[Usher syndrome: about a case]. 2897 19
