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Stargardt’s disease presenting with bilateral central ring scotoma

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Ring scotoma is an annular field defect centered on fixation. Age-related macular degeneration in the elderly and hydroxychloroquine toxicity in younger patients are usual causes of central ring scotoma. We… Click to show full abstract

Ring scotoma is an annular field defect centered on fixation. Age-related macular degeneration in the elderly and hydroxychloroquine toxicity in younger patients are usual causes of central ring scotoma. We report bilateral ring scotoma as the presentation of adult onset Stargardt's disease. Central ring scotoma has a precise localizing value, to a lesion involving macula.

Keywords: disease presenting; central ring; ring scotoma; stargardt disease; presenting bilateral

Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology
Year Published: 2018

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