Conditions - Choroid

Question 1

Drusen

Answer 1

deposit of waste material from
retina
• Between inner collagenous layer of Bruch’s
and BM of RPE
• Characteristic of ARMD

Question 2

Angoid streaks:

Answer 2

damage to elastic layer of
Bruch’s
• Psuedoxanthoma elasticum, ehlers-danlos
syndrome, pagets disease, sickle cell disease
and Idiopathic (PEPSI)

Question 3

Choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVM)

Answer 3

• Results from the break in the bruch’s
membrane
• Due to pathological myopia, Exudative
ARMD, Histoplasmosis, Choroidal rupture