title: The relationship between the types of axial elongation and the prevalence of lattice degeneration of the retina.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the relationship between the prevalence of lattice degeneration and the types of axial elongation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nine hundred seventy eyes of 542 highly myopic patients with axial length of 26.00-31.99 mm were evaluated by using A-scan axial length measurements and fundus examinations. Then the prevalence of lattice degeneration was compared between eyes with posterior staphyloma and those without posterior staphyloma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At each axial length, lattice degeneration was more frequent in eyes without posterior staphyloma (the entire eye elongates) than those with posterior staphyloma (only the posterior pole elongates). The difference was statistically significant (p<0.005-0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of lattice degeneration is influenced by the types of axial elongation in high myopic eyes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000150:complications; D015995:Prevalence; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015422:Scleral Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017678:Sex Distribution