Recurrent RPE microrips in a case of vascularised pigment epithelial detachment

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 284-288

  Virgili, Gianni ^a   Salati, Carlo ^a   Lanzetta, Paolo ^a   Basile, Renato ^a   Menchini, Ugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central serous chorioretinopathy; Epithelial detachment; RPE microrip; RPE tear; Vascularised pigment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SUBRETINAL FLUID; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

AGED; CHOROID DISEASES; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RECURRENCE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031777571     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027309     Document Type: Article

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