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. 2022 Feb 14;3:100046. doi: 10.1016/j.cccb.2022.100046

Table 2.

Overview of imaging and pathology findings of RVCL-S.

System Imaging findings Pathology findings
Eyes
Fundoscopy/fluorescein angiography:-
Telangiectasia-
Micro-aneurysms-
Cotton wool spots-
Perifoveal capillary obliterations-
Neovascularization's-
Fluorescein leaks-
Ischemia
Optical coherence tomography:-
Peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thinning-
Reduced total macular volume
Scattered microinfarcts
Thickened hyalinized retinal arterial walls
Focal areas of disruption of the ganglion cell layer and inner nuclear layer
Brain
MRI:-
White Matter Hyperintensities-
T2 hyperintense lesions with long-lasting contrast enhancement-
Tumefactive lesions surrounded by edema
CT:-
Calcifications
Multiple (often confluent) foci of ischemic necrosis of white matter
Vessel wall thickening, luminal stenosis and telangiectasias
A modest chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate
Focal calcifications and reactive astrocytosis
Myelin loss
Kidney
Renal arteriolosclerosis
Focal or diffuse glomerulosclerosis
Liver
Ultrasound:-
Liver cirrhosis
Nodular regenerative hyperplasia
Micro and macro vesicular steatosis
Periportal inflammation
Bridging and portal fibrosis
Gastrointestinal
Gastroscopy:-
Telangiectasia-
Angiodysplasia
Colonoscopy:-
Blotchy, erythematous mucosa-
Ulcerations-
Telangiectasia-
Angiodysplasia
Telangiectasias
Thin-walled vasculopathy
Focal or diffuse (chronic) inflammation

CT = computed tomography; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging.