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By Lancaster Course in Ophthalmology
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- Last modified by Caroline Bozell on Mar 7, 2019.
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- Appears in
- Unit 09 Pathology of the Retina
- Condition/keywords
- malignant hypertension, retinal arteriole, fibrinoid, retinal exudates, papilledema
- Description
- Malignant hypertension with retinal arterioles that are thickened and have fibrinoid necrosis (arrows). Retinal exudates (asterisk) and papilledema are also present. Papilledema is evidenced by fullness of the optic nerve head and peripapillary crowding of the retina (lower right).