title: Posttraumatic reaction in a case of fundus flavimaculatus with atrophic macular degeneration.
abstract: We report the case of a 13-year-old girl who had fundus flavimaculatus with atrophic macular degeneration. At the age of 14 years, she suffered mild trauma OD, subsequently developing a fibroglial reaction of the retina and pigmentary migration. The coexistence of both phenomena could be explained by the liberation of growth factors by the damaged retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells as a reaction to the injury and/or by the passage of chemoattractants from the serum through the damaged RPE cell barrier.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Del Buey
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Huerva
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Minguez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cristobal
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Iturbe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palomar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014792:Visual Acuity