Patient 4, a 33-year-old Caucasian woman, presented in July 1998 with a gradual decline in visual acuity over the last 9 years and a best-corrected visual acuity of 20/300 in both eyes.
Case#: Patient 4, Female, Caucasian, 33yo
DiseaseAssertion: STGD1
FamilyInfo: One of eight siblings; four affected. Disease segregates with ABCA4 variants consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance. Parents are deceased and can't be tested.
CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0007754, HP:0025147, HP:0007924, HP:0011507
CaseHPOFreeText: gradual decline in visual acuity over 9 years, BCVA 20/300 OU, bilateral beaten-bronze appearance of the macula, numerous perimacular yellow flecks, fluorescein angiography showing hyperfluorescence in the posterior pole and dark choroid in the periphery
CaseNotHPOs: N/A
CaseNotHPOFreeText: absence of central hypofluorescence on fluorescein angiography (present in affected siblings but not this patient)
Genotyping Method: SSCP analysis; Taq Dyedeoxy Terminator Cycle Sequencing kit
PreviouslyPublished: N/A
Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.2588G>C (p.Gly863Ala), NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.161G>A (p.Cys54Tyr)
ClinVar: ClinVarID:7879, ClinVarID:99065
CAID: N/A
SupplementalData: Segregation and sequencing data (Figures 1, 4)