Other co-existing degenerative changes associated with myopia | Differential diagnosis for CNV |
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Myopic traction maculopathy (foveoschisis) | Neovascular AMD |
Macular hole | Myopic macular haemorrhage due to lacquer cracks |
Retinal tear/detachment | Punctate inner choroidopathy (usually coexists with myopia) |
Dome-shaped macula | Multifocal choroiditis |
Staphyloma | Idiopathic CNV* |
Atrophic changes (patchy atrophy, tesselated changes and diffuse atrophy) |
*Idiopathic CNV in a myope is myopic CNV.
AMD, age-related macular degeneration; CNV, choroidal neovascularisation.