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The development of lacquer cracks in pathologic myopia.

R M Klein1, S Green

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York, New York.

American Journal of Ophthalmology
|September 15, 1988
PubMed
Summary

Pathologic myopia can cause subretinal hemorrhages. These hemorrhages may lead to lacquer crack lesions, supporting the theory of mechanical stretching and rupture in the Bruch's membrane-pigment epithelium-choriocapillaris complex.

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Area of Science:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Medical Research

Background:

  • Pathologic myopia is associated with various ocular complications.
  • Subretinal hemorrhages can occur in pathologic myopia, sometimes without obvious neovascularization.