Elschnig spots
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Elschnig's spots are black spots surrounded by bright yellow or red halos seen on the retina
during fundoscopy in patients with advanced hypertensive retinopathy
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They are named after Anton Elschnig
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Retina
The vertebrate retina is a light-sensitive tissue lining the inner surface of the eye. The optics of the eye create an image of the visual world on the retina, which serves much the same function as the film in a camera. Light striking the retina initiates a cascade of chemical and electrical...
during fundoscopy in patients with advanced hypertensive retinopathy
Hypertensive retinopathy
Hypertensive retinopathy is damage to the retina due to high blood pressure .-Pathophysiology:The retina is one of the "target organs" that are damaged by sustained hypertension....
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They are named after Anton Elschnig
Anton Elschnig
–Anton Elschnig was an Austrian ophthalmologist born in Leibnitz.In 1886 he earned his medical doctorate, and later worked as an assistant at ophthalmology clinics in Graz and Vienna...
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