Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration

May 10, 2021 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration SALIENT FEATURES Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of visual impairment in patients older than of 55 years in industrialized countries.1 Neovascular AMD…

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Subretinal Drusenoid Deposits

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Subretinal Drusenoid Deposits SALIENT FEATURES Subretinal drusenoid deposits (SDDs), also known as reticular pseudodrusen, are aggregations of material that exist inside the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). These deposits may penetrate…

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Nonexudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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Nonexudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration SALIENT FEATURES Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD), otherwise known as “dry AMD,” is associated with the presence of small deposits (ie, drusen), under the macula, and…

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Preeclampsia

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Preeclampsia SALIENT FEATURES Preeclampsia is a multisystemic syndrome specific to pregnancy, a leading cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality with complex relations to various organs and systems of…

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Hypertensive Retinopathy

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Hypertensive Retinopathy SALIENT FEATURES Hypertensive retinopathy develops when retinal vascular damage occurs secondary to either hypertensive emergency acutely or chronically elevated blood pressure. Hypertensive retinopathy may be asymptomatic or, in…

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Radiation Retinopathy

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Radiation Retinopathy SALIENT FEATURES Radiation retinopathy (RR), characterized as nonproliferative or proliferative, is a slowly progressive retinal vasculopathy that develops following exposure to ocular irradiation from plaque brachytherapy, external beam…

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Sickle Cell Retinopathy and Carrier States

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Sickle Cell Retinopathy and Carrier States SALIENT FEATURES Sickle cell retinopathy is an ocular complication of sickle cell carrier states or sickle cell disease, a common and life-threatening hemoglobinopathy affecting…

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Coats Disease

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Coats Disease SALIENT FEATURES Coats disease is a predominantly unilateral, idiopathic, nonhereditary, congenital retinal vascular abnormality. A variant of type 1 macular telangiectasia; it involves telangiectasias of small- and medium-sized…

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Macular Telangiectasia Type II

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Macular Telangiectasia Type II SALIENT FEATURES Bilateral, slowly progressive condition usually affecting patients between the ages of 40 and 60 years characterized by macular capillary changes, variable foveal cavitations, and…

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Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy

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Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy SALIENT FEATURES Acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN) is a rare condition classically defined by a wedge-shaped or petaloid lesion directed toward the fovea (Figure 13.1).1,2 Patients most commonly…

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