PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Morris, A T
AU  - Sanders, M D
TI  - Macular changes resulting from papilloedema.
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.64.3.211
DP  - 1980 Mar 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 211--216
VI  - 64
IP  - 3
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/64/3/211.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/64/3/211.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol1980 Mar 01; 64
AB  - Six cases are presented with macular changes in association with papilloedema; 4 suffered permanent visual loss. The present paper emphasises this previously infrequent finding and discusses the haemodynamic and mechanical factors responsible. The macular changes consisted of haemorrhages situated in front, within, or behind the retina, and occasionally the results of neovascular membrane formation produced secondary visual loss. Changes in the pigment epithelium were seen in 3 cases associated with choroidal folds. Macular stars rarely produce visual loss. Recognition of these changes is important in the assessment of the visual loss in papilloedema.