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Angioid Streaks in Sickle-Thalassemia

American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1994
Angioid streaks have been described in a diverse group of diseases including hemoglobinopathies such as sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia. We investigated the prevalence of angioid streaks and pseudoxanthoma elasticum in the rare situation of patients who had compound heterozygous traits for hemoglobin S and beta-thalassemia.
AESSOPOS, A, VOSKARIDOU, E, KAVOUKLIS, E, VASSILOPOULOS, G, ROMBOS, Y, GAVRIEL, L, LOUKOPOULOS, D   +6 more
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Multimodal imaging of angioid streaks

GMS Ophthalmology Cases, 2020
Angioid streaks (AS) are irregular crack-like dehiscences in Bruch’s membrane that are often associated with atrophic degeneration of the overlying retinal pigment epithelium. We herein report multimodal imaging of AS.
Goel, Sugandha, Gupta, Isha, Mishra, Samarth, Garg, Barun, Saurabh, Kumar, Roy, Rupak   +5 more
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Long-Term Effect of Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (Anti-VEGF) Injections in Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Angioid Streaks

Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022
Purpose. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections in the treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) associated with angioid streaks. Methods.
Sónia Torres-Costa, João Bernardes, Sofia Sousa Mano, Joana Medeiros-Pinto, Ana Carolina Abreu, Maria João Furtado, Rufino Silva, Carlos Marques-Neves, Fernando Falcão-Reis, Ângela Carneiro, Luísa Colaço, Manuel Falcão   +11 more
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Comprehensive review of angioid streaks

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Angioid streaks are irregular breaks in the brittle Bruch’s membrane and commonly present as pigmented linear lines radiating from the optic disc. They may be associated with systemic disease in up to 50% of the patients.
Sindhuja Kandasamy, Nawazish Shaikh, Abhidnya Surve, Somya Kumari, Amber A. Bhayana, Pradeep Kumar, Rohan Chawla, Vinod Kumar   +7 more
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Central serous chorioretinopathy with angioid streaks: a rare combination

GMS Ophthalmology Cases, 2018
Purpose: This rare case shows the presence of both angioid streaks (AS) and central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) in the same eye.Methods: A 41-year-old Caucasian male who also has a positive family history of AS was diagnosed with angioid streaks.
Sarmad, Ambreen, Alfaqawi, Fadi, Chakrabarti, Monali, Elsherbiny, Samer   +3 more
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Angioid streaks. A case report [PDF]

Medisur, 2011
Angioid streaks are breaks in Bruch's membrane displayed at the bottom of the eye as orange or gray bands around the optic disc, and from that point on they extend radially.
Aimé Broche Hernández, Mayra Rodríguez Casales, Iusimí Guillén Brizuela   +2 more
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Intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) in choroidal neovascular membrane in angioid streaks

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2007
Angioid streaks are crack-like dehiscences in the Bruch′s membrane, which predispose to the development of a choroidal neovascular membrane (CNVM) that carries a poor visual outcome.
Sachdev Nishant, Vishwanathan Kavitha, Gupta Vishali, Singh Ramandeep, Gupta Amod   +4 more
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Anti-vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Therapy (anti-VEGF) in the Treatment of Neovascular Membrane Secondary to Angioid Streaks – Case Report

Okulistyka
Angioid streaks, a rare defect of Bruch’s membrane, are most typically characterized by an asymptomatic course. However, when complications such as submacular hemorrhage or a neovascular membrane develop, visual acuity may deteriorate markedly, requiring
Karolina Agnieszka Korycińska, Agnieszka Cisek, Mariusz Spyra   +2 more
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Combination treatment of low fluence photodynamic therapy and intravitreal ranibizumab for choroidal neovascular membrane secondary to angioid streaks in Paget′s disease - 12 month results

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2011
Angioid streaks also called Knapp striae are small breaks in the Bruch′s membrane and have been reported with a host of systemic diseases. Rupture of streaks or development of secondary choroidal neovascular membrane (CNVM) carries a dismal visual ...
Varsha V Prabhu, Rodney J Morris, Parag K Shah, V Narendran   +3 more
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Angioid streaks in a case of Camurati–Engelmann disease

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017
Camurati–Engelmann disease (CED) is a rare autosomal dominant disease with various phenotypic expressions. The hallmark of the disease is bilateral symmetric diaphyseal hyperostosis of the long bones with progressive involvement of the metaphysis. Ocular
Betül Tugcu, Taha Sezer, Ahmet Elbay, Hakan Özdemir   +3 more
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