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Butterfly-shaped pigment dystrophy

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A patterned dystrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium characterized by abnormal accumulation of lipofuscin in a butterfly-shaped distribution at the retinal pigment epithelium level. Patients manifest with a slowly progressive loss of vision that often only becomes apparent in old age.

Identifiers
MONDO:0100466 Orphanet:99001
Part of
Patterned dystrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium
Also known as
butterfly-shaped pattern dystrophy · butterfly-shaped pigmentary macular dystrophy

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