Retinal pigment epithelium atrophy secondary to dilated choroidal artery in the macula of a highly myopic patient
| Autor: | Takeshi Yoshida, Manabu Mochizuki, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Soh Futagami, Ariko Kojima, Takashi Tokoro, Kengo Hayashi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Indocyanine Green
Male congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures Indocyanine green angiography Visual Acuity Fundus (eye) Retinal Diseases Retinal pigment epithelium atrophy Ophthalmology Myopia Humans Medicine Fluorescein Angiography Coloring Agents Pigment Epithelium of Eye integumentary system Choroid business.industry High myopia Arteries General Medicine Middle Aged eye diseases Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy sense organs Choroidal artery Atrophy business Microperimetry Tomography Optical Coherence Dilatation Pathologic |
| Zdroj: | Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology. 49:153-158 |
| ISSN: | 1613-2246 0021-5155 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10384-004-0153-0 |
| Popis: | Indocyanine green angiography revealed a markedly bent and tortuous choroidal artery in the macula of the left fundus in a highly myopic patient.The patient's corrected visual acuity was 1.0 in both eyes, and he had no visual symptoms.Ten years after the initial examination, atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) developed above the dilated choroidal artery.Optical coherence tomography demonstrated that the RPE was stretched above the markedly dilated choroidal artery. Thus, mechanical stretching of the RPE by an abnormally dilated choroidal artery might underlie the development of RPE atrophy. |
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