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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
- peripheral cystoid degeneration
- Description
- Typical peripheral cystoid degeneration. A small, round hole within the area of cystoid degeneration is present (upper left). In section the cysts are located mostly in the outer plexiform layer (upper left). A nondigestion flat preparation of the retina shows the cystic spaces, which have coalesced to form meridionally oriented tunnels (lower view).