| Hypertensive Retinopathy, Cotton-Wool Spot, Histology | |
| The histological cytoid body corresponds to the clinical cotton-wool spot. It is composed of swollen axons of the nerve fiber layer of the retina caused by closure of small vessels. | |
| Machemer, Robert, M.D., Duke Univ. Medical School, Durham, NC, USA | |
| H36.824 | |
| Retina -> Vascular Diseases (see also: Systemic Immunologic Diseases) -> Hypertension and Arteriolosclerosis -> Cotton-Wool Spots | |
| retina | |
| 3155 |
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