ISSN:
1573-2622
Keywords:
Fluorescence angiography
;
Choroidal folds
;
Papilloedema
;
Macular degeneration
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Folding of the pigment epithelium and the choroid, although clearly visible in the fluogram, often cannot be visualized by ophthalmoscopy or by conventional photography, so that it can be said that fluography has disclosed this entity. Its occurrence has been described in deformation of the coats of the eye by a retrobulbar mass, hypermetropia, chronic retrobulbar inflammations, and choroidal tumours. In the present series, which contains material from five eye clinics, cases are demonstrated of choroidal folds in papilloedema caused by raised intracranial pressure, and in macular degeneration. These last cases have given rise to a hypothetical genesis of these folds, namely by the combination of retinal displacement and the presence of subretinal fluid.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00160792
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