[Fundus changes in scleroderma (author's transl)].
12 patients with scleroderma were submitted to an ophthalmological examination. 9 patients displayed fundus changes. In 7 cases defects of the retinal pigment epithelium near the macula were observed, one of these patients showed an associated serous detachment of the pigment epithelium. In three patients localized retinal vascular changes, especially on the capillary level, were notices. Obviously, alterations of the collagen as well as vasopathological changes being part of the systemic disorder do have their counterpart of the systemic disorder do have their counterpart within the eye.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014792:Visual Acuity
Fundusveränderungen bei Sklerodermie