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- Title
West African Crystalline Maculopathy in Sickle Cell Retinopathy.
- Authors
Kung, Jennifer S.; Leng, Theodore
- Abstract
Purpose. To describe the first reported case of West African crystalline maculopathy (WACM) from a member of the Benin tribe and explore the association with sickle cell retinopathy. Methods. Full ophthalmic examination and high-resolution ocular coherence tomographic imaging. Patients. 61-year-old patient from an academic retina practice. Results. The patient demonstrated bilateral yellow-green birefringent crystals localized to the inner retina on optical coherence tomography, as well as sickle cell-related neovascularization in the right eye. She reported no consumption of kola nuts. Conclusions. Associated retinal vascular disease may be important in the pathogenesis of crystalline maculopathy.
- Subjects
CRYSTALLINE lens diseases; SICKLE cell anemia diagnosis; OPTICAL coherence tomography; RETINAL diseases; NEOVASCULARIZATION; PATIENTS
- Publication
Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, 2015, p1
- ISSN
2090-6722
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1155/2015/910713