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Controversies on Submacular Choroidal Circulation

Controversies on Submacular Choroidal Circulation Ophthalmologica, Basel 183: 11-19 (1981) Sohan Singh Hayreh University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA I have investigated this subject in detail, vein is located in the center of the lobule. and 1 think the main areas of controversy on However, all in vivo fluorescein-angio­ the submacular choroidal circulation are graphic studies have demonstrated that the these: terminal choroidal arteriole joins the lobule (1) Does the Choriocapillaris Form a in its center, and the draining venules lie Continuous Network or Have a Segmental around the periphery of the lobule [2, 3] Arrangement? Most postmortem studies (fig. 1-5). This has been further confirmed by (with or without injection) have indicated other studies [3, 6, 7], that the choriocapillaris forms a continuous (3) Is There a Special Macular Choroidal vascular network. However, in vivo fluores­ Artery Supplying the Submacular Choroid? cein angiographic studies have clearly dem­ Weiter and Ernest [7] and Heimann and onstrated that in the living eye the chorioca­ Molitor[8], from their postmortem injection pillaris has a strictly segmental distribution, studies, have claimed the existence of a dis­ with the various segments or lobules ar­ tinct macular choroidal artery. Using an ranged like a mosaic (fig. 1), and each http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ophthalmologica Karger

Controversies on Submacular Choroidal Circulation

Ophthalmologica , Volume 183 (1): 9 – Jan 1, 2010

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Karger
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© 1981 S. Karger AG, Basel
ISSN
0030-3755
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1423-0267
DOI
10.1159/000309127
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Abstract

Ophthalmologica, Basel 183: 11-19 (1981) Sohan Singh Hayreh University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA I have investigated this subject in detail, vein is located in the center of the lobule. and 1 think the main areas of controversy on However, all in vivo fluorescein-angio­ the submacular choroidal circulation are graphic studies have demonstrated that the these: terminal choroidal arteriole joins the lobule (1) Does the Choriocapillaris Form a in its center, and the draining venules lie Continuous Network or Have a Segmental around the periphery of the lobule [2, 3] Arrangement? Most postmortem studies (fig. 1-5). This has been further confirmed by (with or without injection) have indicated other studies [3, 6, 7], that the choriocapillaris forms a continuous (3) Is There a Special Macular Choroidal vascular network. However, in vivo fluores­ Artery Supplying the Submacular Choroid? cein angiographic studies have clearly dem­ Weiter and Ernest [7] and Heimann and onstrated that in the living eye the chorioca­ Molitor[8], from their postmortem injection pillaris has a strictly segmental distribution, studies, have claimed the existence of a dis­ with the various segments or lobules ar­ tinct macular choroidal artery. Using an ranged like a mosaic (fig. 1), and each

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