Differential diagnosis of solar maculopathy and congenital cone dystrophy: a clinical case

Abstract

The main symptoms of solar maculopathy are central visual acuity decrease, the onset of central scotoma, photophobia, metamorphopsia and dyschromatopsia. In the acute period, the ophthalmoscopic picture of the disease requires a differential diagnosis with hereditary cone retinal dystrophies. An objective differentiation of these diseases is possible by fluorescein angiography, electrooculography, and optical coherence tomography of the retina. The paper presents a clinical case of solar maculopathy with an analysis of differential diagnostics used.

Keywords

• solar maculopathy
• hereditary retinal dystrophies
• best dystrophy
• stargardt dystrophy
• electrooculography
• fluorescein angiography
• optical coherence tomography of the retina