bull's eye maculopathy

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maculopathy /mac·u·lop·a·thy/ (mak″u-lop´ah-the) any pathological condition of the macula retinae.

bull's eye maculopathy increase of pigment of a circular area of the macula retinae accompanying degeneration, occurring in various toxic states and diseases.

maculopathy, bull's eye

An ocular condition in which degeneration of the retinal pigment epithelium in the macular area causes alternating ring-like light and dark zones of pigmentation, as in a target. It may result from drug toxicity or hereditary conditions (e.g. cone dystrophy, Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome). The main symptoms are a loss of visual acuity, reduced colour vision and aversion to bright sunlight.

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