Bilateral Macular Dystrophy

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    • By Mallika Goyal, MD
      Apollo Health City
      Co-author(s): Sridhar A, MD, Apollo Health City, Hyderabad, India
    • Uploaded on Aug 9, 2015.
    • Last modified by Caroline Bozell on Aug 10, 2015.
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    Bilateral Macular Dystrophy
    Condition/keywords
    heredomacular degeneration
    Photographer
    Mallika Goyal, MD, Apollo Health City, Hyderabad, India
    Imaging device
    Fundus camera
    Description
    12-year-old boy presented with left eye vision drop noted for 2 weeks. His mother and maternal grandmother had similar vision problems since young age suggesting possible autosomal dominant inheritance. Both eyes fundus exam revealed macular dystrophy. The left eye macular appearance has changed over the last 3 years becoming more scarred; right eye has remained unchanged. Visual acuity is 20/25 each eye.

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