Misdiagnosis of Achromatopsia

Achromatopsia: Hidden Causes Misdiagnosed?

Causes of Achromatopsia may include these medical conditions:

• Malfunction of the retinal phototransduction pathway
• Genetic causes of this are mutations in the cone cell cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels CNGA3 (ACHM2) and CNGB3 (ACHM3) as well as the cone cell transducin, GNAT2 (ACHM4)
• Acquired- Acquired achromatopsia/dyschromatopsia is a condition associated with damage to the diencephalon (primarily the thalamus of the mid brain) or the cerebral cortex (the new brain)
• more causes...»

Achromatopsia Diagnosis: Book Excerpts

• Differential Diagnosis - Vision Loss
• Differential Diagnosis - Vision Loss
• History and physical examination - Vision loss
• History and physical examination - Vision loss
• History - Vision loss
• History - Vision loss
• History and physical examination - Vision loss

General Misdiagnosis Articles

Read these general articles with an overview of misdiagnosis issues.

• Misdiagnosis Overview
• How Common is Misdiagnosis?
• Over-Diagnosed Diseases
• Under-Diagnosed Diseases
• Types of Misdiagnosis
• Wrong Type Misdiagnosis
• Why Does Misdiagnosis Occur?
• Difficult Diseases to Diagnose
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About misdiagnosis:

When checking for a misdiagnosis of Achromatopsia or confirming a diagnosis of Achromatopsia, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Achromatopsia may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Achromatopsia. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis.

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