Stargardt’s macular dystrophy

Abstract

Stargardt’s disease is the most common hereditary macular dystrophy with an estimated incidence of 1 in 10 000. The typical patient presents with visual symptoms between the first and third decades of life. This paper will discuss a patient who was diagnosed with Stargardt’s macular dystrophy (SMD) at an older age. The clinical characteristics, functional testing, histopathology, differential diagnosis and recent genetics advances related to SMD will be discussed in this report.