Albinism and Lasik

Albinism itself will normally not exclude a patient from conventional or custom wavefront Lasik, All-Laser Lasik, PRK, LASEK, Epi-Lasik, RLE, P-IOLs or other refractive surgery procedures, however many albinos are affected by nystagmus. It would be an absolute requirement that any laser used would have a tracking system that could adjust to the rapid eye movements of a patient with nystagmus.

Most lasers currently being manufactured for use in the United States use a method of eye tracking that should reduce or eliminate problems related to nystagmus.

If you are ready to choose a doctor to be evaluated for conventional or custom wavefront Lasik, All-Laser Lasik, PRK, LASEK, Epi-Lasik, NearVision CK, RLE, or any refractive surgery procedure, we highly recommend you consider a doctor who has been evaluated and certified by the USAEyes nonprofit organization. Locate a USAEyes Evaluated & Certified Lasik Laser Eye Surgeon.

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Current Albinism Medical Journal News...

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome.

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Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome.

J Assoc Physicians India. 2009 Sep;57:660-2

Authors: Sen T, Mullerpattan J, Agarwal D, Naphde D, Deshpande R, Mahashur AA

We present a rare disease condition Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome in a 33-year-old male. He was born of a consanguineous marriage, had occulo-cutaneous albinism, nystagmus, decreased visual acuity, refractory errors, pulmonary fibrosis and granulomatous inflammation of the colon. In spite of all the classical features of this genetic disorder he was labeled to have disseminated tuberculous infection with a drug resistant strain for many years till the actual diagnosis was made on the basis of a strong clinical suspicion. We report this rare condition which might be misdiagnosed as tuberculosis.

PMID: 20214008 [PubMed - in process]