Elschnig's spots are black spots surrounded by bright yellow or red halos seen on the
retina during
fundoscopy in patients with advanced
hypertensive retinopathy. They are named after
Anton Elschnig Anton Elschnig (22 August 1863 – 1939) was an ophthalmologist born in Leibnitz, Austria.
In 1886, he received his medical doctorate at the University of Graz, and later worked as an assistant at ophthalmology clinics in Graz and Vienna. In 1892 ...
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Causes
Elschnig spots are commonly caused by acute hypertensive events of the choroidal vascular system, mostly in the young, because their system of vessels is not ready to handle the changes in blood pressure. These changes in blood pressure cause an
infarct of the vessels leading to death of the RPE and photoreceptors they support creating this window defect.
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