title: Choroidal neovascularization in a child with traumatic choroidal rupture: clinical and ultrastructural findings.
abstract: Choroidal neovascularization in children is uncommon and mostly associated with inflammation, infectious diseases or trauma. The clinical and histological findings of a choroidal neovascular membrane that developed in a 9-year-old boy after traumatic choroidal rupture are reported.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Retinology and Biomicroscopic Laser Surgery, Vienna, Austria. adele.assadoullina@gmx.net
authors.forename: Adele
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abri
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Binder
authors.forename: Margit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pavelka
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tittl
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neumüller
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002829:Choroid / Q000293:injuries*; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020460:Melanosomes / Q000473:pathology; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology; D012421:Rupture; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*