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Subretinal Fibrosis

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Intraocular Inflammation

Abstract

Subretinal fibrosis is defined as the development of either band-like or plaque-like areas of fibrosis underneath the retina due to choroidal neovascularization (CNV) or proliferation of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells and Müller cells. Ophthalmoscopically, it appears white with variable levels of pigmentation and occurs in a number of posterior uveitis and panuveitis conditions.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 8704 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46260, USA

    Ramana S. Moorthy MD, FACS

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  1. Centre of Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

    Manfred Zierhut

  2. Biomedical Research Centre, Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eyes Hospital, Department of Medical Retina, UCL, London, United Kingdom

    Carlos Pavesio

  3. School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Hokkaido University Graduate, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    Shigeaki Ohno

  4. University of Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Fernando Orefice

  5. USC Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Narsing A. Rao

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Moorthy, R.S. (2016). Subretinal Fibrosis. In: Zierhut, M., Pavesio, C., Ohno, S., Orefice, F., Rao, N. (eds) Intraocular Inflammation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75387-2_38

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