Slide 9-35

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    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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