| angioid streaks |
red to black irregular bands observed in the ocular fundus running outward from the region of the optic disk, which are seen in certain conditions, including pseudoxanthoma elasticum, osteitis deformans, and sickle-cell anemia. The lesions are thought to represent ruptures in Bruch's membrane.
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| angioid streaks |
Crack-like irregularities that appear in Bruch's membrane.
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| angioid |
resembling a blood vessel.
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| angioid s.’s |
red to black irregular bands observed in the ocular fundus running outward from the region of the optic disk, which are seen in certain conditions, including pseudoxanthoma elasticum, osteitis deformans, and sickle-cell anemia. The lesions are thought to represent ruptures in Bruch's membrane.
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| angioid streak |
A dark streak seen in the retina that represents a defect in Bruch's membrane. It is often an age-related phenomenon but sometimes is seen in connective tissue diseases, like pseudoxanthoma elasticum, or hemoglobinopathies, such a
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