Atlas of Posterior Fundus Changes in Pathologic Myopia

Preface.- Acknowledgments.- 1 Criteria for Diagnosis of Pathologic Myopia.- 2 Methods of Examining the Posterior Pole of the Fundus.- 2.1 Indirect Binocular Microscopy.- 2.2 Slit Lamp Biomicroscopy.- 2.3 Fundus Photography.- 2.4 Fundus Angiography.- 3 Types of Fundus Changes in the Posterior Pole.- 3.1 Tessellated Fundus and Crescent.- 3.2 Diffuse Chorioretinal Atrophy (D).- 3.3 Patchy Chorioretinal Atrophy (P).- 3.4 Macular Hemorrhage (H).- 4 Explanatory Factors of Chorioretinal Atrophy.- 4.1 Percentage of Chorioretinal Atrophy in Each Age Group.- 4.2 Percentage of Eyes with Chorioretinal Atrophy in Each Axial Length Group.- 4.3 Percentage of Chorioretinal Atrophy With or Without Posterior Staphyloma.- 5 Visual Acuity and Chorioretinal Atrophy.- 5.1 Distribution of Visual Acuity and Axial Length.- 5.2 Percentage of Diffuse Chorioretinal Atrophy by Visual Acuity.- 5.3 Percentage of Patchy Atrophy by Visual Acuity.- 5.4 Percentage of Eyes with Macular Hemorrhage.- 5.5 Visual Acuity and Area of Peripapillary Atrophy.- 6 Progression of Chorioretinal Atrophy in Cases of Long-Term Observation.- 6.1 Diffuse Chorioretinal Atrophy.- 6.2 Patchy Atrophy.- 6.3 Choroidal Neovascular Membrane.- 7 Progression of Fundus Changes in the Posterior Pole.- 7.1 Classification of Stage of Fundus Change in the Posterior Pole.- Appendix: Relationship Between Fundus Changes in the Posterior Pole and Visual Acuity.- A.1 Factors That Can Explain the Present Visual Acuity.- A.2 Prognosis of Visual Acuity According to Multivariant Analysis by Quantification II.- References.- Cases of Chorioretinal Atrophy.- Diffuse Chorioretinal Atrophy Cases 1–15.- Lacquer Crack Lesions and Simple Bleeding Cases 16–23.- Patchy Chorioretinal Atrophy Cases 24–37.- Myopic Choroidal Neovascularization (Fuchs’Spot) Cases 38–52.