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      Echographic Diagnosis of Drusen of the Optic Nerve Head in Patients with Angioid Streaks

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          A total of 58 patients (116 eyes) with angioid streaks, referred to this department over 2 years (1990–1992), underwent a thorough ophthalmic examination, retinal fluorescein angiography, dermatological visit with skin biopsy, and a series of other examinations (blood and biochemistry, skull X-ray, vascular echo Doppler, abdominal ultrasound) and eye ultrasonography. Fifty patients (100 eyes, 86.2%) had pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE). In the whole caselist, 21.6% had drusen compared with 21.0% in the group with PXE. Both these findings are higher than those published elsewhere. Drusen of the optic nerve head were also found in 25% of the 16 eyes (8 patients) with angioid streaks but no PXE. We believe we found a higher prevalence of drusen of the optic nerve head in these patients with angioid streaks because we systematically employed ultrasound.

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          Journal
          Journal ID (publisher-id): OPH
          Journal ID (nlm-ta): Ophthalmologica
          Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0030-3755
          Title: Ophthalmologica
          Publisher: S. Karger AG
          ISSN (Print): 0030-3755
          ISSN (Electronic): 1423-0267
          Publication date Subscription-year: 1994
          Publication date (Print): 1994
          Publication date (Electronic): 23 July 2010
          Volume: 208
          Issue: 5
          Pages: 239-242
          Affiliations
          Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Milan, Scientific Institute H. S. Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, Milan, Italy
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          Publisher ID: 310498 Other ID: Ophthalmologica 1994;208:239–242
          DOI: 10.1159/000310498
          PubMed ID: 7816413
          SO-VID: b772dd93-001b-4e42-b480-8f52bd04e157
          Copyright © © 1994 S. Karger AG, Basel
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          Date received : 07 February 1994
          Date accepted : 19 April 1994
          Page count
          Pages: 4
          Categories
          Subject: Original Paper

          ScienceOpen disciplines: Vision sciences,Ophthalmology & Optometry,Pathology
          Keywords: Angioid streaks,Fluorescein angiography,Drusen of the optic nerve head,Pseudoxanthoma elasticum,Echography
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          ScienceOpen disciplines: Vision sciences, Ophthalmology & Optometry, Pathology
          Keywords: Angioid streaks, Fluorescein angiography, Drusen of the optic nerve head, Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Echography

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