Eliassi-Rad B, Green W R
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Retina. 1999;19(4):332-5. doi: 10.1097/00006982-199907000-00011.
To report the postmortem histopathologic features that closely resemble the clinical features of parafoveal telangiectasis.
Light and electron microscopy.
Histopathologic features included macular edema; telangiectatic vessels; retinal, subretinal, and superficial retinal neovascularization; retinal pigment epithelial hyperplasia around neovascular aggregates; retinal-choroidal vascular anastomosis; and superficial pigmented cells with lipofuscin.
The postmortem histopathologic findings in a 36-year-old woman with Down syndrome and other systemic conditions correlate with features noted in previous reports of presumed parafoveal telangiectasis.
