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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
- sickle cell, hypertrophy, hyperplasia, spiculate ophthalmoscopic
- Description
- "Black sunburst" sign of sickle-cell retinopathy. These are localized lesions characterized by hypertrophy, hyperplasia, and migration of the retinal pigment epithelium into the retina in a perivascular location. This latter has given the lesion its spiculate ophthalmoscopic and gross appearance.
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