title: [Peripheral retinal streaks. Linear depigmentation of the peripheral retinal pigment epithelium].
abstract: An unusual peripheral depigmented streak lesion of the retina is described in three patients. This depigmented line is located in the equatorial region running parallel to the ora serrata and seems to result from a focal reduction or loss of pigmentation in the retinal pigment epithelium. Similar lesions have been reported as a symptom of the presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome (POHS) called linear streaks of the equator. As we did not find any additional symptoms of POHS in our patients, the aetiology of this peripheral depigmented streaks remains unclear.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Medizinischen Universität zu Lübeck.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bopp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Laqua
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D014794:Visual Fields