Case #13 – Fundus Albipunctatus with Cone Dystrophy

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History/Chief Complaint 64 year old black male from the Virgin Islands who first noticed difficulty with night vision at about age 9 and difficulty reading and seeing faces at age 18 or so. Both symptoms have been stable for over 4 decades. He reported no family history of vision problems and all of his 10

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Night Blindness Dsorders The Optos® fly through is particularly helpful for patient education in demonstrating the extent and location of retinal abnormalities. Optos optomap® color fundus of the left eye

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The symptom of poor night vision may be due to a progressive condition such as retinitis pigmentosa or one of the several congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) disorders. Poor color vision can be a mild hereditary disorder (often found in males) or a more serious problem such as a cone dystrophy. The week's case

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