| Literature DB >> 3565514 |
R C Pruett, J J Weiter, R B Goldstein.
Abstract
We studied the pattern of break formation in 60 eyes with myopic lacquer cracks, angioid streaks, or traumatic tears in Bruch's membrane, using a graphics composition technique and computer analysis of digitized images. Lacquer cracks were found in a reticular distribution within a posterior staphyloma; angioid streaks occurred in a spider-web configuration centered on the optic nerve; traumatic tears were characteristically curved, perineural, and eccentric temporally. The specific break patterns imply the operation of biomechanical forces.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3565514 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)74277-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Ophthalmol ISSN: 0002-9394 Impact factor: 5.258