cotton-wool exudates
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cotton-wool spots — accumulations of axoplasm in the nerve fibre layer of the retina, which indicate disease (e.g. hypertension, connective tissue disease, or AIDS). * * * white or gray soft edged opacities in the retina composed of cytoid bodies; seen in… … Medical dictionary
retinopathy — Noninflammatory degenerative disease of the retina. [retino + G. pathos, suffering] arteriosclerotic r. r. distinguished by attenuated retinal arterioles with increased tortuosity, copper or silver wire appearance, perivascular sheathing,… … Medical dictionary
Keith-Wagener-Barker classification — a classification of hypertension and arteriolosclerosis based on retinal changes. Group 1, essential benign hypertension indicated by moderate arteriolar attenuation. Group 2, constant high blood pressure but no apparent effect on health,… … Medical dictionary
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Fundus (eye) — For other uses, see Fundus (disambiguation). An ophthalmogram, showing the optic disc as a bright area on the right where blood vessels converge. The spot to the left of the centre is the macula. The grey, more diffuse spot in the centre is a… … Wikipedia
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hypertensive retinopathy — retinopathy associated with essential or malignant hypertension; changes may include irregular narrowing of the retinal arterioles, hemorrhages in the nerve fiber layers and the outer plexiform layer, exudates and cotton wool patches, a lipid… … Medical dictionary
nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy — a type of diabetic retinopathy usually seen in the early stages of the condition, characterized by progression of microaneurysms, punctate hemorrhages within the retina, yellow exudates, cotton wool spots, and sometimes macular edema that can… … Medical dictionary