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Multimodal Imaging of West African Crystalline Maculopathy in an Igbo Man
Obinna C Umunakwe1, Mohsin H Ali1, Naina Bains2
1Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Purpose:
This report describes a case of West African crystalline maculopathy.
Methods:
A case report is presented.
Results:
A 71-year-old Nigerian man was referred for evaluation of bilateral crystalline retinal deposits seen on routine examination. The patient had no acute visual symptoms and no significant ocular history except for cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation in both eyes. Dilated fundocscopic examination was notable for bilateral greenish-yellow, foveocentric intraretinal crystalline deposits, which were visible on color fundus photography, multicolor confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, and spectral-domain optical coherance tomography. The crystalline deposits were not associated with abnormal short-wavelength autofluorescence or fluorescein angiography findings.
Conclusions:
A diagnosis of West African crystalline maculopathy was made after other causes of crystalline maculopathy were excluded.
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