Ophtalmology

Question 1

List causes of angioid retinal streak

Answer 1

SLAPPERS

S - Sickle
L - Lead poisoming
A - Abetalipoproteinaemia/acromegaly
P - Pagets/phacomatoses (tuberous, sclerosis, neurofibromatosis, Sturge-Weber)
P - Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
E - Ehlers-Danlos
R - Raised calcium or phosphate
S - Short people (dwarfism).