Background: Retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukodystrophy (RVCL) is an adult-onset, autosomal dominant disease involving microvessels of the brain and eye resulting in central nervous system degeneration with visual disturbances, stroke, motor impairment, and cognitive decline. Frameshift mutations at the C-terminus of TREX1 gene are the molecular cause of this disorder.
Objectives: The objective of this study is to present the different clinical manifestations of RVCL in three-related patients and to investigate the presence of TREX1 mutation in the extended genealogy.