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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
- sickle cell, retinoschisis, hemosiderin-laden macrophages
- Description
- Sickle-cell retinopathy with iridescent spot in the macula. This lesion has an orange-yellow appearance when seen grossly (upper left). Histopathologically, there is an acquired schisis cavity in which hemosiderin-laden macrophages are present. Special staining shows iron deposition in the tissues of the wall of this schisis cavity and in the macrophages within the cavity (lower right).