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A CASE OF IDIOPATHIC PERIFOVEAL TELENGIECTASIA

KASTHURI B

Abstract


Idiopathic perifoveal telangiectasia or macular telangiectasia type 2 is a rare condition of unknown pathogenesis initially described by Gass and Oyakawa in 1982. We here report a case of Idiopathic perifoveal retinal telangiectasia in a 50 years old female. In Melbourne collaborative cohort study incidence of Idiopathic macular telangiectasia type 2 ranged from 0.0045 percentage to 0.022 percentage and in Beaver Dam eye study prevalence, 0.1 percentage.

 


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