cotton wool spots
1Cotton wool spots — An ophthalmoscopic view of the retina showing advanced signs of diabetic retinopathy including two pale cotton wool spots. Cotton wool spots are an abnormal finding on funduscopic exam of the retina of the eye. They appear as puffy white patches… …
2cotton-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… …
3cotton-wool spots — accumulations of axoplasm in the nerve fibre layer of the retina, which indicate diseases (e.g. hypertension, connective tissue disease, or AIDS) causing hypoxia (oxygen deficiency) in the nerve fibre layer …
4spot — 1. SYN: macula. 2. To lose a slight amount of blood through the vagina. acoustic spots macula of utricle, macula of saccule. Bitot spots small, circumscribed, lusterless, grayish white, foamy, greasy, triangular deposits on the bulbar …
5Diabetic retinopathy — Classification and external resources ICD 10 H36 (E10.3 E11.3 E …
6Hypertensive retinopathy — Classification and external resources Hypertensive retinopathy with AV nicking and mild vascular tortuosity ICD 10 H …
7patch — 1. A small circumscribed area differing in color or structure from the surrounding surface. 2. In dermatology, a flat area greater than 1.0 cm in diameter. 3. An intermediate stage in the formation of a cap …
8retinal vein occlusion — blockage of a vein carrying blood from the retina. Small branch veins carry blood from different parts of the retina and drain into the central retinal vein, which leaves the eye at the optic disc. Blockage of the central retinal vein (central… …
9retinal vein occlusion — blockage of a vein carrying blood from the retina. Small branch veins carry blood from different parts of the retina and drain into the central retinal vein, which leaves the eye at the optic disc. Blockage of the central retinal vein (central… …
10Optic disc drusen — Classification and external resources ICD 10 H47.3 ICD 9 377.21 …
