Type 1 neovascularization with polypoidal lesions complicating dome shaped macula

Dome-shaped macula is described as an inward bulge of the macula within a posterior staphyloma in highly myopic eyes. Choroidal neovascularization is a known complication that can cause visual loss in dome-shaped macula. Herein, we describe a patient who presented with features of polypoidal choroid...

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Autores principales: Naysan, Jonathan, Dansingani, Kunal K, Balaratnasingam, Chandrakumar, Freund, K Bailey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5088475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27847601
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40942-015-0008-5
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Sumario:Dome-shaped macula is described as an inward bulge of the macula within a posterior staphyloma in highly myopic eyes. Choroidal neovascularization is a known complication that can cause visual loss in dome-shaped macula. Herein, we describe a patient who presented with features of polypoidal choroidal neovascularization that developed on a background of high myopia with dome-shaped macula.

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