Retinopathy Secondary to Targeted Cancer Therapies
Features Despite the increasing prevalence of melanoma worldwide, the mortality from this disease entity continues to decline due to improved and targeted therapies. Specifically in the case of metastatic disease,…
Hemorrhagic Occlusive Retinal Vasculitis Secondary to Drug Exposure
Features After the release of a large, randomized, multicentered, prospective trial by the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, which showed a fivefold decrease in the rates of postoperative…
Myopic Degeneration and Myopic Foveoschisis
30.1 Features Pathologic myopia is usually associated with chorioretinal abnormalities such as lacquer cracks, myopic choroidal neovascularization (CNV; ▶ Fig. 30.1), chorioretinal atrophy, and pigmentary degeneration. These abnormalities are the causes…
Susac Syndrome
Features Susac syndrome is an immune-mediated disease of the brain, retina, and inner ear that produces ischemia, pauci-inflammation, and occlusive microvascular endotheliopathy. The three common manifestations of Susac syndrome are…
Serpiginous Choroiditis
Common Symptoms Typically presents with unilateral vision loss in fourth to seventh decades of life but usually have bilateral fundus findings as below; paracentral or central scotomas; decreased vision if…
Sickle Cell Retinopathy
24.1 Features Sickle cell retinopathy (SR) is more common among patients who have the SC or SThal genotype than those with the SS genotype. One study estimated the lifetime incidence of…
Chorioretinitis Sclopetaria
Common Symptoms A history of orbital bullet injury with associated signs and symptoms of orbital trauma. Visual acuity is variably affected based on the presence of associated trauma including maculopathy…
Hypotony Maculopathy
46.1 Features Dellaporta first clinically described hypotony and reduced vision following glaucoma procedures or perforating eye injuries in 1954. Years later, Gass used the term “hypotony maculopathy” to highlight the macular…
Commotio Retinae
Common Symptoms Asymptomatic. Decreased vision may be experienced if macula is involved. Mild/transient to severe/permanent declines in visual acuity depending on the degree/location of photoreceptor damage; associated with blunt trauma/contrecoup…
