Purpose: To report a case with butterfly-like pattern dystrophy and unilate
ral subretinal neovascular membrane.
Results: We examined a 62-year-old woman with occult subretinal neovascular
membrane in the right eye and butterfly-like yellowish figure in the retin
a confined to the posterior pole in the left eye. Electro-oculogram nas sub
normal bilaterally. Her 32-year-old daughter also had hypopigmented bilater
al macular changes with subnormal electro-oculogram.
Conclusion: This case demonstrates a rare complication of subretinal neovas
cular membrane formation in butterfly-like pattern dystrophy.