angioid streak

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angioid streak

Any of the breaks in the basal layer of the choroid of the eye occurring in a variety of systemic disorders affecting elastic tissue.

angioid streak

Ophthalmology Any of number of minute interruptions of the elastic tissue of the retina, which appear as peripapillary, gray–in non-whites to red-brown–whites, linear striations radiating from the optic fundus along stress lines or toward the equator in an abnormal Bruch's membrane;¹⁄₂ occur in Pts with pseudoxanthoma elasticum; ASs also occur in fundi rendered brittle by calcium–tumor-related calcinosis or heavy metal–eg, lead; ASs also occur in acromegaly, abetalioproteinemia, DM, hemochromatosis, hemolytic anemia, hypercalcinosis, hyperphosphatasia, ITP, myopia, neurofibromatosis, Paget's disease of bone, senile elastosis, sickle cell anemia, Sturge-Weber syndrome, tuberous sclerosis

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Adie's pupil angioid streaks Axenfeld's anomaly disease drusen elastoma Horner's muscle hyaline bodies hyaloid artery Jigsaw Puzzle Contour membrane meningitic streak neovascularization peau d'orange appearance Peau d’Orange Appearance primitive streak pseudoxanthoma elasticum Serpiginous Choroidopathy streak			Opthalmologic examination showed bilateral colloid bodies and peripapillary atrophy with angioid streaks. Radiological case of the month: Sumer Kumar Sethi, MD; Ravi Solanki, ... by Sethi, Sumer Kumar; Solanki, Ravi; Sonkar, Pitamber; Sardana, Kabir; Mendiratta, Vibhu / Applied Radiology There are several other conditions that occur in relatively young patients, such as Ocular Histoplasmosis and Angioid Streaks, in which breaks in Bruch's membrane occur and are complicated by subfoveal choroidal neovascularization. OXiGENE Launches Significant Expansion of its R&D Program in ... by Business Wire			angioedema angioendothelioma angioendotheliomatosis angiofibrolipoma angiofibroma angiofibrosis angiofollicular angiofollicular lymphoid hyperplasia angiogenesis angiogenesis factor angiogenesis inhibitor angiogenic angiogenic cell cluster angiogenic cord angiogenic factor angiogenic gene therapy angiogenin angioglioma angiogram angiogranuloma angiograph angiography angiohemophilia angiohyalinosis angioid angioid streak angioid streaks angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia angiokeratoma angiokeratoma circumscriptum angiokeratoma corporis diffusum angiokeratomas angiokeratosis angiokinesis angiokinetic angioleiomyoma angiolipoleiomyoma angiolipoma angiolith angiology angiolupoid angiolysis angioma angioma arteriale racemosum angioma cavernosum angioma cutis angioma lymphaticum angioma serpiginosum angiomatoid angiomatosis			angiographic angiographic angiographic Angiographic Binary Restenosis angiographic catheter angiographic catheter angiographic catheter Angiographic Occult Vascular Malformations angiographically angiographically angiographically Angiographically Occult Intracranial Vascular Malformation Angiographie par Résonance Magnétique angiography angiography angiography Angiography, digital subtraction Angiography, digital subtraction angiohemophilia angiohemophilia angiohyalinosis angioid angioid s angioid s angioid s angioid s angioid s's angioid s's angioid s's angioid s's angioid streak Angioid streaks Angioid streaks Angioid streaks Angioid streaks angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy with Dysgammaglobulinemia Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy with Dysproteinaemia angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma angiokeratoma angiokeratoma circumscriptum angiokeratoma corporis diffusum Angiokeratoma diffuse Angiokeratomas angiokeratomata angiokeratosis angiokinesis angiokinesis angiokinetic angiokinetic angiokinetic angioleiomyoma Angiolini, Gasparo angiolipoleiomyoma angiolipoma angiolipoma

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