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SUBMITTER: Farina M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4431598 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Farina Massimiliano M Ratti Cristiano C Novelli Eugenio E
Case reports in ophthalmological medicine 20150421
To date, choroidal blood flow reduction in highly myopic eyes appears to be related to the development of choroidal neovascularization secondary to local reduction of arterial flow. Instead, no evidence of choroidal neovascularization was found in subjects with low or moderate myopia. The authors' aim has been to encourage new studies regarding the potential role of chronic retinal venous congestion in the pathogenesis of choroidal neovascularization. In December 2011, a 54-year-old woman with m ...[more]