Unknown - Macular Dystrophy
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59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He saw Dr. Gass in 1989, at which time Dr. Gass thought it might be post inflammatory. Interestingly, at this point he still does not have a diagnosis other than macular dystrophy. His vision since he was here last is reasonably stable.
He has been diabetic for eight years. He had LASIK surgery done in 1998. He was a high myope, about a -10 and now he is about a -3. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. Dr. Gass felt maybe this was an atypical case of previous AMPPE. Otherwise he is in good health. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
VISUAL ACUITY: Vision OD is 20/25, OS is 20/30. IOP: OD 14, OS 13. The lenses are clear.
EXTENDED OPHTHALMOSCOPY:
OD: Vertical C/D ratio is 0.2. There are no vitreous cells. The retinal vessels are slightly attenuated. The retina is very thin looking.
OS: Vertical C/D ratio is 0.2. Again, the retinal vessels are attenuated. The retina does appear to be thin looking.
OCT SCAN: The OCT scan shows retinal atrophy in both eyes.
IMPRESSION:
1. RETINAL ATROPHY – BOTH EYES
DISCUSSION: I explained to the patient his maculae are thin and have a dystrophic appearance. At this point it is of some nonacademic interest to learn what exactly is wrong with his maculae because there are now genetic therapies for a small subset of retinal diseases.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 768 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 609 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 521 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 542 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy - FAF596 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy - FAF586 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 545 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 529 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy VIDEO TAKES TIME TO LOAD496 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy VIDEO TAKES TIME TO LOAD531 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 499 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 480 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 485 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 448 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 449 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 484 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 468 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 517 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 554 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 572 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 524 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 512 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 503 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 496 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy 468 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy - ICG514 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy - ICG463 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy - ICG514 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy - ICG546 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy - ICG521 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy - ICG495 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy - ICG534 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy - ICG557 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
20/25, 20/30     (0 votes)
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Non-specific (uncharaterized / unknown) Macular Dystrophy - ICG624 views59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
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59-year-old man has macular dystrophy in both eyes. He saw Dr. Gass in 1989, at which time Dr. Gass thought it might be post inflammatory. Interestingly, at this point he still does not have a diagnosis other than macular dystrophy. His vision since he was here last is reasonably stable.
He has been diabetic for eight years. He had LASIK surgery done in 1998. He was a high myope, about a -10 and now he is about a -3. He had some vision changes in medical school in the 1980s and saw Dr. Gass for that. He had some pigment epithelial irregularities in both eyes. Dr. Gass felt maybe this was an atypical case of previous AMPPE. Otherwise he is in good health. He had strabismus as a child and had muscle surgery. He is color blind, along with many people in his family, and as far as he knows, it is congenital.
VISUAL ACUITY: Vision OD is 20/25, OS is 20/30. IOP: OD 14, OS 13. The lenses are clear.
EXTENDED OPHTHALMOSCOPY:
OD: Vertical C/D ratio is 0.2. There are no vitreous cells. The retinal vessels are slightly attenuated. The retina is very thin looking.
OS: Vertical C/D ratio is 0.2. Again, the retinal vessels are attenuated. The retina does appear to be thin looking.
OCT SCAN: The OCT scan shows retinal atrophy in both eyes.
IMPRESSION:
1. RETINAL ATROPHY – BOTH EYES
DISCUSSION: I explained to the patient his maculae are thin and have a dystrophic appearance. At this point it is of some nonacademic interest to learn what exactly is wrong with his maculae because there are now genetic therapies for a small subset of retinal diseases.