Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
"Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Autosomal dominant hereditary maculopathy with childhood-onset accumulation of LIPOFUSION in RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM. Affected individuals develop progressive central acuity loss, and distorted vision (METAMORPHOPSIA). It is associated with mutations in bestrophin, a chloride channel.
| Descriptor ID |
D057826
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.768.585.439.433 C16.320.290.763
|
| Concept/Terms |
Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy- Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
- Dystrophies, Vitelliform Macular
- Dystrophy, Vitelliform Macular
- Macular Dystrophies, Vitelliform
- Vitelliform Macular Dystrophies
- Best Macular Dystrophy
- Dystrophy, Best Macular
- Macular Dystrophy, Best
- Best Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
- Macular Degeneration, Polymorphic Vitelline
- Macular Dystrophy, Vitelliform
- Vitelliform Dystrophy
- Best Disease
- Disease, Best
- Best's Disease
- Disease, Best's
Adult-Onset Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy- Adult-Onset Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
- Adult Onset Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
- Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy, Adult-Onset
- Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy, Adult Onset
- Macular Dystrophy, Vitelliform, Adult-Onset
- Foveomacular Dystrophy, Adult-Onset
- Adult-Onset Foveomacular Dystrophies
- Adult-Onset Foveomacular Dystrophy
- Dystrophies, Adult-Onset Foveomacular
- Dystrophy, Adult-Onset Foveomacular
- Foveomacular Dystrophies, Adult-Onset
- Foveomacular Dystrophy, Adult Onset
- Foveomacular Dystrophy, Adult-Onset, With Choroidal Neovascularization
Juvenile-Onset Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy- Juvenile-Onset Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
- Juvenile Onset Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
- Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy, Early-Onset
- Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy, Early Onset
- Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy, Juvenile-Onset
- Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy, Juvenile Onset
- Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy Type 2
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy" by people in Profiles.
-
Kalafatis NE, Agrawal KU, Ehya H, Shields CL. Cytology-Proven Primary Vitreoretinal Lymphoma in a Patient With Paraneoplastic Cloudy Vitelliform Submaculopathy. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2022 07 01; 140(7):744-745.
-
Capellan P, Gonzalez LA, Abdallah Mahrous M, Weiss SJ, Botsford B, Lenis TL, Ryan M, Orlin A, Papakostas T, Kiss S, D'Amico D, Kovacs K. Primary and secondary focal choroidal excavation morphologic phenotypes, associated ocular disorders and prognostic implications. Br J Ophthalmol. 2023 03; 107(3):373-379.
-
Dalvin LA, Pulido JS, Marmorstein AD. Vitelliform dystrophies: Prevalence in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. Ophthalmic Genet. 2017 Mar-Apr; 38(2):143-147.
-
Al-Dahmash SA, Shields CL, Bianciotto CG, Witkin AJ, Witkin SR, Shields JA. Acute exudative paraneoplastic polymorphous vitelliform maculopathy in five cases. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2012 Sep-Oct; 43(5):366-73.
-
Suelves AM, Garc?a-Delpech S, Gallego R, D?az-Llopis M, Shields CL, Shields JA. Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Retina. 2012 Mar; 32(3):635-9.