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By Lancaster Course in Ophthalmology
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- Last modified by Caroline Bozell on Mar 8, 2019.
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- Appears in
- Unit 09 Pathology of the Retina
- Condition/keywords
- macular degeneration, disciform scar, retinal arteriole, Bruch's membrane
- Description
- Senile macular degeneration with disciform scar. A retinal arteriole (asterisk) extends into the subretinal component of the scar, through a break in the thickened and detached inner layer of Bruch's membrane, and then into the vascularized intra-Bruch's-membrane component of the scar. Study of serial sections disclosed this retinal vessel to anastomose with the choroidal vessel (arrow) which extends through a branch in Bruch's membrane.