A Case of Angioid Streaks Associated with Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum.
- Author:
Sun Myung KIM
1
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Kwang-ju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adult;
Angioid Streaks*;
Elastic Tissue;
Humans;
Male;
Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum*;
Rupture
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1979;20(2):245-249
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Angioid streakes are seen relatively rarely and their basic histopathology seems to be generally accepted as representing ruptures and breaks in lamina vitrea, although the pathogenesis of these ruptures has not been well understood. Angioid streaks appear ophthalmoscopically as a network of red or dark brown streaks emanating from a more or less complete peripapillary ring of the same color. Angioid streaks associated with the cutaneous lesions is called the Groenblad-Strandberg syndrome. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum is a relatively uncommon disorder of elastic tissue involving dermal, ocular, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular tissues. The purpose of this paper is to describe a case of angioid streakes associated with pseudoxanthomsa elasticum found in a 39 year-old Korean male.
