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Vitelliform macular degeneration associated with mitochondrial myopathy
G Modi1, J M Heckman, D Saffer
1Department of Medicine, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
The British Journal of Ophthalmology
|January 1, 1992
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.