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Pathologic Myopia

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Abstract

Pathologic or degenerative myopia is among the most frequent causes of blindness worldwide. Visual impairment is related and it is a bit more prevalent in Asian populations. There are multiple anatomical changes in the globe and ocular content with an increase in axial length and myopia, which recently have been better illustrated by OCT. In this chapter, we initially discuss the effects of ocular wall distortion on image quality and the interpretation of OCT images. Then, we elucidate the various ocular changes in myopia. This chapter divided into the following sections. (1) Effects of ocular distortion on OCT apparatus outputs and clinical features that subdivided into: (2) vascular microfolds; (3) tractional maculopathy, vitreoschisis, retinoschisis, and foveoschisis; (4) posterior macular detachment; (5) full-thickness macular holes; (6) peripapillary intrachoroidal cavitation; (7) paravascular lamellar holes, cysts, and other vascular abnormalities; (8) choroidal neovascularization; (9) the thin choroid with large scleral holes; (10) the dome-shaped macula; (11) the macular Bruch’s membrane defect; and (12) retinal nerve fiber layer changes and interpretation of thickness profiles in this group of patients.

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Hajizadeh, F. (2018). Pathologic Myopia. In: Hajizadeh, F. (eds) Atlas of Ocular Optical Coherence Tomography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66757-7_8

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