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Goldmann-Favre disease: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
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Last reviewed: 07.07.2025
Goldmann-Favre disease is a progressive vitreoretinal dystrophy with an autosomal recessive type of inheritance, which is characterized by a combination of retinitis pigmentosa with bone bodies, retinoschisis (central and peripheral) and changes in the vitreous body (degeneration with membrane formation). Complicated cataract is often observed. A common complication of Goldmann-Favre disease is retinal detachment.
Symptoms of Goldman-Favre disease
Functional symptoms correspond to clinical manifestations of Goldman-Favre disease. Poor twilight vision and night blindness are observed already at the age of 5-10 years. Visual acuity is reduced, ring scotomas or concentric narrowing of the visual field are observed. Dark adaptation is impaired. One of the main symptoms is an unrecordable or sharply subnormal ERG.
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Treatment of Goldman-Favre disease
There are currently no effective treatments for Goldman-Favre disease. Drugs that improve microcirculation and metabolic processes in the retina are prescribed. Surgical treatment is performed in case of retinal detachment.