title: Curvilinear pigmentary lesions in a rod-cone dystrophy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a peculiar curvilinear pigmentary lesion in the peripheral fundus in a rod-cone dystrophy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational case report. Fundus examination of a 57-year-old woman who was known to have a generalized rod-cone dystrophy since she was 8 years old.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The peripheral fundus examination revealed a curvilinear lesion which resembles a well-known finding associated with a presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome or multifocal choroiditis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The differential diagnosis of a peculiar curvilinear pigmentary lesion in the peripheral fundus may be expanded to include a generalized rod-cone dystrophy.
authors.affiliation: LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Department, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sawa
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Yannuzzi
mesh_terms: D002833:Choroiditis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020419:Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate / Q000473:pathology*; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000175:diagnosis*