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[Peripapillary whitening in high myopia: only a staphyloma posticum?]

Authors :
Melih, Parlak
Sefik Can, Ipek
Ali Osman, Saatci
Source :
Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft. 117(4)
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

This article reports the case of a 55-year-old female patient who presented with visual deterioration and previously known myopia. Funduscopy revealed a tilted optic disc along with a peripapillary staphyloma and a yellowish lesion on the inferior border of the optic disc. Optical coherence tomography showed an intrachoroidal cavitation. Multimodal imaging characteristics of this clinical entity are provided in this case report.

Details

Language :
German
ISSN :
14330423
Volume :
117
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft
Accession number :
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