[Peripheral chorioretinal dystrophy and astigmatism of myopic eyes: statistical evaluation, relationship and clinical...

A clinically significant relationship between the myopic eye astigmatism and manifestation of peripheral chorioretinal dystrophies in them in young patients is described. A simple and effective method for predicting peripheral vascular chorioretinal dystrophies in myopic patients is proposed, based on the presence and severity of astigmatism. The incidence of various dystrophies in spherical and aspherical myopia is 32 and 78%, respectively. Dystrophies fraught with retinal detachment occur three times more often in astigmatic eyes, which are characterized by a more flat lens.