Bilateral macular staphylomas in a patient with cone dystrophy
| Autor: | R Z Raden, Janet S. Sunness, B G Goldstein, M J Elman, W L Park, R S Apte |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
genetic structures business.industry Blind spot Scleral Diseases Staphyloma Macular degeneration medicine.disease eye diseases Sensory Systems Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Ophthalmology medicine.anatomical_structure Cone dystrophy medicine Optic nerve Retinal pigment epithelial atrophy sense organs business Optic disc |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Ophthalmology. 87:1049 |
| ISSN: | 0007-1161 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bjo.87.8.1049-a |
| Popis: | A posterior staphyloma is characterised by scleral ectasia and is pathognomonic for pathological myopia.1,2 Posterior staphylomas are classified in to five types based on the anatomic location.1 Type 1 staphylomas extend from the nasal border of the optic nerve into the macular region and are the most frequent staphyloma seen in myopes.1 Type 2 staphylomas are centred on the macula while type 3 staphylomas are centred on the optic disc without macular extension.1 Type 4 staphylomas are located nasal to the optic disc and type 5 staphylomas develop inferior to the optic disc.1 Staphylomas can be associated with multiple complications including retinal pigment epithelial atrophy, lacquer cracks, retinal and subretinal haemorrhages, and choroidal neovascularisation.1,3 This report describes a patient with undiagnosed, bilateral type 2 macular staphylomas compounded by cone dystrophy. To the best of our knowledge, this is a novel association not reported in the literature and with potential therapeutic implications. A 32 year old white woman presented to the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Baltimore, MD, for a second opinion. She … |
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