Fuchs spot

Fuchs spot
Other namesForster-Fuchs' retinal spot
An optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the retina, showing a Fuchs spot

The Fuchs spot (also known as Förster-Fuchs' Spot) is a degeneration of the macula in cases of high myopia. It is named after the two persons who first described it: Ernst Fuchs, who described a pigmented lesion in 1901, and Forster, who described subretinal neovascularization in 1862. It occurs due to proliferation of retinal pigment epithelium associated with choroidal hemorrhage. The size of the spots are proportionate to the severity of the pathological myopia.

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