Contributor: Gordon K. Klintworth
Diseases involving the macula are common and are responsible for serious visual loss involving central vision despite their small size. The various types of maculopathy include age-related maculopathy [maculopathy - age-related], bull's eye maculopathy [maculopathy - bull's eye], cystoid maculopathy [maculopathy - cystoid], hypotony maculopathy [maculopathy - hypotony], niacin maculopathy [maculopathy - niacin], and arc welding maculopathy [maculopathy - arc welding] as well as a variety of of other disorders of the macula [macular degeneration - myopic, macular degeneration - Stargardt juvenile, macular dystrophy - adult foveomacular, scleropachynsis maculopathy [maculopathy - scleropachynsis],  macular dystrophy - benign concentric annular, macular dystrophy - central areolar pigment epithelial, macular dystrophy - concentric annular, macular dystrophy - fenestrated sheen, macular dystrophy - hereditary hemorrhagic, macular dystrophy - inherited disciform, macular dystrophy - North Carolina, macular dystrophy - slowly progressive, macular dystrophy - vitelliform].