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By Thomas A. Ciulla, MD, MBA, FASRS
Indiana University School of Medicine - Uploaded on Oct 20, 2015.
- Last modified by Caroline Bozell on Oct 21, 2015.
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- Appears in
- Idiopathic Juxtafoveal Telangectasia Type 1
- Condition/keywords
- idiopathic macular telangiectasia, parafoveal telangiectasia, juxtafoveal telangiectasis
- Photographer
- Charlotte Harris
- Imaging device
- Fundus camera
- Description
- The telangiectasis occurs unilaterally in the temporal half of the macula in an area of 1–2 disc diameters. The late phase of the angiogram shows further leakage temporal to the fovea. Visual loss is mainly caused by macular edema and exudation.