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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Features A choroidal detachment is a collection of serous fluid or blood that forms in the space separating the choroid and sclera (the suprachoroidal space). Other common terms for choroidal…
41.1 Features Gyrate atrophy (GA) of the choroid and retina is a rare, genetically determined, autosomal recessive, slowly progressive chorioretinal dystrophy characterized by sharply demarcated areas of chorioretinal atrophy in the…
