An apparent case of butterfly-shaped pigment dystrophy of the fovea.
This 44-year-old patient showed a distinctive bilateral pigmentary lesion of the macula which led to the tentative diagnosis, butterfly-shaped pigment dystrophy of the fovea. This is an extremely rare condition, with only a handful of cases reported in the literature. The disease is described, along with the rationale used in making the diagnosis.
D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005584:Fovea Centralis; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male