Atlas of Ophthalmology

Myopia

Myopia
In high myopia the choroid and RPE are stretched and the choroidal vessels become well visible. Small hemorrhages occur. These are not necessarily caused by neovascularization.
Machemer, Robert, M.D., Duke Univ. Medical School, Durham, NC, USA
H44.22
Congenital Syndromes, Malformations and Abnomalities -> Abnormalities/Anomalies of Eye Size -> Large Size, Myopia
retina; choroid
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