- Clinical features:
- Usually appear as dark-red, amorphous hemorrhages
- Situated deep to the retinal vessels and located under the
retinal neurosensory level or RPE
- Fluorescein angiography demonstrates:
- Area of hypofluorescence, which is consistent with blockage
of underlying details in areas of hemorrhages
- Normal fluorescence of surrounding choroidal filling and overlying
retinal vascular perfusion
- Associated conditions include: choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVM),
trauma that lead to choroidal rupture, macroaneurysms or exudative
age-related macular degeneration.
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