Macular Star

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    • By Tadeo Blanco
      Hospital Militar de Especialidades Oftalmológicas
      Co-author(s): Patricia Marín-Ambrocio, Gerardo Rivera-Arroyo, M. Leah Bush-Arean
    • Uploaded on Aug 6, 2025.
    • Last modified by Joshua Friedman on Aug 6, 2025.
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    Condition/keywords
    ocular bartonellosis, macular star
    Photographer
    R. Tadeo Blanco-Nunez
    Imaging device
    Optical coherence tomography system
    Description
    Fundus photograph of a 44 year-old woman with a macular star. She has type 2 diabetes, close living with 8 cats. Presents with decreased visual acuity in the right eye with 1 month of evolution. Refers a febrile episode one month prior. Visual acuity: right eye 20/200, left eye 20/25. Ishihara test: right eye 4/10, left eye 10/10. Bartonella henselae IgG: positive.

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