Choroideremia associated with a subretinal neovascular membrane. Case report

Choroideremia is a sex-linked chorioretinal degenerative disease, with affected male patients developing diffuse chorioretinal atrophy and female carriers, in most instances, showing only pigmentary changes with normal vision. Visual acuity in male patients has been reported to be unaffected until late in the course of the disease, only after the visual fields are greatly reduced. This is a case report of a 14-year-old boy with choroideremia who had decreased visual acuity secondary to a subretinal neovascular membrane in the macula of his right eye. This is the first report of choroidal neovascularization associated with this disease.