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By Alex P. Hunyor, MD
Retina Associates - Uploaded on Dec 23, 2012.
- Last modified by Chayal Patel on Dec 26, 2012.
- Reviewed by Chayal Patel
- Rating
- Appears in
- Spontaneous RPE rip in NV AMD
- Condition/keywords
- retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) tear, pigment epithelial detachment (PED)
- Imaging device
- Fundus camera
- Description
- 80-year-old female with subfoveal occult CNV and large extrafoveal PED which underwent spontaneous RPE rip. Autofluorescence image shows hypoautofluorescence in crescentic area of absent RPE due to rip, and also RPE atrophy adjacent to fovea. Intervening small areas of hypoautofluorescence are due to subretinal haemorrhage.
