title: [Macular involvement in angioid streaks. Gronblad-Strandberg syndrome].
abstract: Between 1971 and 1988, we examined 116 eyes of 58 patients with Gronblad-Strandberg syndrome in private practice and in the Retinal Department of the Eye Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University. There was initial macular involvement in 79% of cases with angioid streaks. The most frequently encountered lesion, found in 53% of the cases, was choroidal neovascularization. Macular involvement had become bilateral in 80% of the cases after 12.5 months median follow up. Thirteen of the 50 eyes with choroidal neovascularization were treated by argon or red krypton laser photocoagulation. Vision decreased during follow-up in 15% of the 13 eyes treated whereas it decreased in 32% of the 69 eyes unsuitable for laser treatment.
authors.affiliation: Département de Rétine, Université d'Ankara.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Atmaca
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozmert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000793:Angioid Streaks / Q000150:complications*; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D011379:Prognosis; D011561:Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / Q000150:complications*