THE PATHOLOGY OF ANGIOID STREAKS IN THE FUNDUS OCULI
- 14 August 1937
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 109 (7) , 473-475
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1937.02780330001001
Abstract
According to Treacher Collins,1the first recorded case of what is now known as angioid streaks in the fundus oculi was that presented at a meeting of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom by Robert W. Doyne in 1889. This case was reported in theTransactions of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdomin September 1889, and a colored illustration of the fundus accompanied the report. Doyne's patient had suffered an injury to his right eye from a block of wood six weeks prior to examination. Central vision was lost, but he seemed to have good peripheral vision (RV = 6/60). The description of the fundus was briefly given as follows: "In the right eye there is an extensive choroidal hemorrhage, which is now clearing up, leaving patches of atrophy, such as are seen in the left eye. In all directions throughout the choroid of both eyes, especiallyKeywords
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