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STAR FIGURE MACULA [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Small spots of white exudate radiating from the macula in the form of a star, sometimes shaped like a fan, found usually in severe retinopathies due to nephritis, malignant hypertension or toxaemia of pregnancy.

OBS

star figure at the macula: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Disposition stellaire des exsudats rétiniens maculaires, liée à la répartition radiaire des fibres nerveuses et pouvant être observée dans toutes les rétinopathies exsudatives.

Spanish

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