Atlas of Ophthalmology

Branch Artery Occlusion, Hollenhorst Plaque

Branch Artery Occlusion, Hollenhorst Plaque
A yellowish plaque in the course of an artery (Hollenhorst Plaque) is thought to be an embolus from vessels with arterosclerotic changes (Carotid). It is composed of cholesterol and lipid. It may or may not occlude the vessel.
Machemer, Robert, M.D., Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Retina -> Vascular Diseases (see also: Systemic Immunologic Diseases) -> Arterial Obstructive (Occlusive) Disease of the Eye -> Branch Artery Occlusion (BRAO)
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