POSTTRAUMATIC REACTION IN A CASE OF FUNDUS FLAVIMACULATUS WITH ATROPHIC MACULAR DEGENERATION

Authors
DELBUEY MA HUERVA V MINGUEZ E CRISTOBAL JA ITURBE F PALOMAR A
Citation
Ma. Delbuey et al., POSTTRAUMATIC REACTION IN A CASE OF FUNDUS FLAVIMACULATUS WITH ATROPHIC MACULAR DEGENERATION, Annals of ophthalmology, 25(6), 1993, pp. 219-221
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Annals of ophthalmology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034886
Volume
25
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
219 - 221
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4886(1993)25:6<219:PRIACO>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We report the case of a 13-year-old girl who had fundus flavimaculatus with atrophic macular degeneration. At the age of 14 years, she suffe red mild trauma OD, subsequently developing a flbroglial reaction of t he retina and pigmentary migration. The coexistence of both phenomena could be explained by the liberation of growth factors by the damaged retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells as a reaction to the injury and /or by the passage of chemoattractants from the serum through the dama ged RPE cell barrier.