title: Vitelliform macular degeneration associated with mitochondrial myopathy.
abstract: A patient with mitochondrial myopathy is described. Examination of his fundus revealed bilateral vitelliform degeneration of the maculae. This lesion is a focal abnormality of the retinal pigment epithelium and may be a manifestation of the underlying mitochondrial disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Modi
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Heckman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saffer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008931:Mitochondria, Muscle / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology