1. [Degenerative lesions of the peripheral retina].
- Author
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Conart JB, Baron D, and Berrod JP
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Arthritis, Collagen Diseases diagnosis, Collagen Diseases epidemiology, Collagen Diseases therapy, Connective Tissue Diseases, Eye Diseases, Hereditary diagnosis, Eye Diseases, Hereditary epidemiology, Eye Diseases, Hereditary therapy, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Humans, Retina pathology, Retinal Detachment diagnosis, Retinal Detachment epidemiology, Retinal Detachment therapy, Retinal Perforations diagnosis, Retinal Perforations epidemiology, Retinal Perforations therapy, Retinoschisis diagnosis, Retinoschisis epidemiology, Retinoschisis therapy, Retinal Degeneration classification, Retinal Degeneration epidemiology, Retinal Degeneration pathology, Retinal Degeneration therapy
- Abstract
Degenerative lesions of the peripheral retina are present from teenage years onwards and increase with age. These abnormabilities are frequent, some of them being benign while others predispose to retinal tears and detachment. In the latter case, the lesions are rhegmatogenous and may justify prophylactic treatment by laser photocoagulation. We distinguish congenital lesions of the peripheral retina and intraretinal, chorioretinal and vitreoretinal degenerations. The holes and tears observed in 2% of the population consist of round atrophic holes, "horseshoe" tears, oral dialyses and giant tears., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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