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. 2011 Aug 18;2011:bcr0620114388. doi: 10.1136/bcr.06.2011.4388

Table 1.

Differential diagnoses for early onset retinal dystrophies.10 13 Only the main extraocular features of the syndromic disorders are provided.

Non-syndromic retinal dystrophy Syndromic retinal dystrophy Extraocular features
Isolated Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) Usher’s syndrome Congenital deafness
Congenital stationary night blindness Senior-Loken syndrome Nephronophthisis
Ocular albinism Saldino-Mainzer syndrome Renal dysplasia, cerebellar ataxia, skeletal dysplasia
Achromatopsia Joubert syndrome Cerebellar vermis hypoplasia, renal abnormalities
Bardet-Biedl syndrome Polydactyly, obesity, genitourinary malformation, mental retardation
Alström syndrome Obesity, diabetes, acanthosis nigricans and dilated cardiomyopathy
Abetalipoproteinemia Celiac syndrome, ataxic neuropathy, acanthocytosis, absent serum beta lipoprotein
Peroxisomal disorders–infantile refsums disease, neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy and Zellweger disease Peripheral neuropathy, cerebellar ataxia, hearing loss, developmental delay, craniofacial abnormalities
Batten disease Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses with developmental delay, seizures, psychoses and dementia