Peripheral cone dystrophy: a diagnostic improbability?
A 19-year-old man reported bilateral peripheral visual field loss, hemeralopia, and photophobia. Examination and testing was in keeping with peripheral cone dystrophy. This rare entity is discussed.
Departments of Ophthalmology (MSV, JD), Neurology (MSV), and Neurosurgery (MSV), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Michael S
MS
Vaphiades
Jennifer I
JI
Doyle
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020795:Photophobia / Q000209:etiology; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult