J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1979 Jun;20(2):245-249.
A Case of Angioid Streaks Associated with Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Kwang-ju, Korea.
Abstract
- Angioid streakes are seen relatively rarely and their basic histopathology seems to be generally accepted as representing ruptures and breaks in lamina vitrea, although the pathogenesis of these ruptures has not been well understood. Angioid streaks appear ophthalmoscopically as a network of red or dark brown streaks emanating from a more or less complete peripapillary ring of the same color. Angioid streaks associated with the cutaneous lesions is called the Groenblad-Strandberg syndrome. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum is a relatively uncommon disorder of elastic tissue involving dermal, ocular, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular tissues. The purpose of this paper is to describe a case of angioid streakes associated with pseudoxanthomsa elasticum found in a 39 year-old Korean male.
