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By Lancaster Course in Ophthalmology
1980 - Uploaded on Feb 26, 2019.
- Last modified by Caroline Bozell on Mar 7, 2019.
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- Appears in
- Unit 09 Pathology of the Retina
- Condition/keywords
- choroidal infarction, Elschnig's spots
- Description
- Choroidal infarct (Elschnig spot). There is a localized area of loss of retinal pigment epithelium and outer ischemic retinal atrophy with loss of the photoreceptor cell and outer plexiform layers, and partial loss of the inner nuclear layer without any reparative changes.