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Early investigators (Schleich, 1884; von Sicherer, 1907; Juler, 1926) emphasized that if the retina is affected by haemorrhages this occurs mainly at the posterior pole, in the area of the disc and macula or along the main vessels. The attached plates, particularly in more extensive retinal haemorrhages, clearly demonstrate this preference for the posterior pole. Even with sufficient pupil dilatation and with the use of an indirect ophthalmoscope, few haemorrhages were seen in the periphery or the equatorial area. Plate II illustrates a fundus unusual in this respect: a few haemorrhages in the centre and a single submembranacious haemorrhage far outside the central fundus. This proves that peripheral location is not necessarily linked with massive haemorrhages, as some authors claimed (Mayer and Maria, 1952; Tsdpelas and Charamis, 1955; Maertens and Götz, 1967). However, one will certainly find the periphery more frequently affected with multiple haemorrhages in severe cases.
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von Barsewisch, B. (1979). Location. In: Perinatal Retinal Haemorrhages. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81302-3_5
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