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Comet-tailed drusen of the retinal pigment epithelium in angioid streaks
1Department of Ophthalmology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Eye (London, England)
|May 18, 1999
Abstract
Purpose:
To describe a fundus finding in angioid streaks, namely comet-tailed drusen of the retinal pigment epithelium.
Methods:
A review was carried out of fundus photographs in 110 cases of angioid streaks.
Results:
Five patients had comet-tailed drusen and the halo tail was radial and parallel to adjacent angioid streaks.
Conclusions:
Comet-tailed drusen may represent zones of minor stress of the retinal pigment epithelium--Bruch's membrane complex compared with zones of major stress as in angioid streaks.