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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | angioid_streaks_1_020618 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ANGIOID STREAKS | Category: | ophthalmology | ||
| Body Site: | retina / eye | Age: | 51 years | ||
| Contributor: | Michael Colucciello, MD | ||||
| Description: | gray blood-vessel like lines that encircle the optic disc | ||||
| Comments: | Angioid streaks represent breaks in Bruch's membrane, an elastic tissue containing membrane of the retina that can become calcified and crack. Although they have been reported in many conditions they are most closely associated with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. Choroid neovascularization is shown as leaking and growing through a "streak" in the late frame of the angiogram of the right eye. Choroid neovascularization is the leading cause of vision loss in these patients and, therefore, is a prime concern in those with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | looseskin_6_010829 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ANGIOID STREAKS / PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM | Category: | ophthalmology / genodermatosis/genetic disorder / Metabolic disorders | ||
| Body Site: | retina / eye | Age: | 21 years | ||
| Contributor: | Franziska Ringpfeil, MD | ||||
| Description: | angioid streaks | ||||
| Comments: | The most common ophthalmologic finding in pseudoxanthoma elasticum is angioid streaks which are seen as radial extensions of gray discoloration from the optic disc in this patient. Angioid streaks occur in 90 percent of affected individuals. | ||||
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