Abstract
Three members of a family with central areolar choroidal dystrophy showed the early and late stages of this disorder. The youngest affected was a 12-year-old girl who exhibited decreased vision, a red-green dyschromatopsia, and mild granularity of the macula with a diffuse foveal reflex. A discrete focal loss of choriocapillaris in the macula was seen on fluorescein angiography. This indicates that choriocapillaris atrophy is an early finding in this disease.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Atrophy
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Capillaries / pathology
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Child
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Chorioretinitis / diagnosis
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Choroid* / blood supply
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Choroid* / pathology
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Female
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Fluorescein Angiography
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Genes, Dominant
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Humans
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Macular Degeneration / congenital
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Macular Degeneration / diagnosis
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Macular Degeneration / genetics
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Pedigree
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Pigment Epithelium of Eye
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Syndrome
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Uveal Diseases / diagnosis
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Uveal Diseases / genetics