West African Crystalline Maculopathy

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    • By Niloofar Piri, MD
      SSM Health Group, St Louis University
      Co-author(s): Scott Sonne, MD; Saint Louis University; William J Anderson MD, Saint Louis University
    • Uploaded on Oct 22, 2023.
    • Last modified by Joshua Friedman on Oct 23, 2023.
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    Condition/keywords
    West African Crystalline maculopathy, crystalline retinopathy, crystalline maculopathy
    Photographer
    Niloofar Piri, MD
    Imaging device
    Fundus camera
    Description
    Fundus photograph of right eye of a patient from Liberia demonstrating multiple birefringent yellow green crystalline deposits in the fovea. Please notice the partially fibrosed NVE inferiorly. The disease has been shown to be associated with vascular disorders including diabetic retinopathy.

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