INDU V P, MBBS, MS » Miscellaneous

Oct 25 2018 by INDU V P, MBBS, MS

Fundus photograph of a 26-year-old carrier female whose father has choroideremia. Choroideremia is a rare genetic disease with x-linked recessive inheritance. Affected males have nightblindness with progressive loss of peripheral vision. Carrier females are asymptomatic but may have patchy depigmentation of retinal pigment epithelium

Condition/keywords: choroideremia carrier, x linked recessive

Oct 25 2018 by INDU V P, MBBS, MS

Fundus photograph of a 26-year-old carrier female whose father has choroideremia. Choroideremia is a rare genetic disease with x-linked recessive inheritance. Affected males have nightblindness with progressive loss of peripheral vision. Carrier females are asymptomatic but may have patchy depigmentation of retinal pigment epithelium

Condition/keywords: choroideremia carrier, x linked recessive