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EPHRAIM FRIEDMAN, MD; TAYLOR R. SMITH, MD; TOICHIRO KUWABARA, MD; CAPT CHARLES K. BEYER, MD, USAF(MC); Susan Mimura

Arch Ophthalmol. 1964;71(6):842-850.

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In a previous paper¹ we presented observations on senile vascular patterns of the choroid and their relationship to drusen. The choroidal vessels were prepared in a manner which made possible the simultaneous study, on the flat, of the vessel patterns, of the cells of the vessel wall and of Bruch's membrane.

The present paper will concern the distinctive vascular patterns found in benign and malignant hypertension.

Material for this study was obtained post mortem (131 eyes). The technique of preparation of the choroid has been previously described.¹ The stains used for the present study were PAS (periodic acid-Schiff ) with hematoxylin.

The criteria used in designating a case of being one of "benign" or "malignant" hypertension are, somewhat arbitrarily, based on the rate of progression and the severity of the hypertension and renal failure.

Results

1. Age.

—It was previously noted¹ that the arterial and arteriolar changes associated . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Boston

Howe Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Harvard University Medical School and Eye Pathology Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov 19, 1963.

This work was supported in part by special fellowship No. BT-861 and NIH grant No. NB 04106-01 from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, Public Health Service.

Opinions or conclusions contained in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or official policy of the United States Air Force.

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