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  • Title: Comet-tailed drusen of the retinal pigment epithelium in angioid streaks.
    Author: Mansour AM, Annesley WH.
    Journal: Eye (Lond); 1998; 12 ( Pt 6)():943-4. PubMed ID: 10325991.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To describe a fundus finding in angioid streaks, namely comet-tailed drusen of the retinal pigment epithelium. METHODS: A review was carried out of fundus photographs in 110 cases of angioid streaks. RESULTS: Five patients had comet-tailed drusen and the halo tail was radial and parallel to adjacent angioid streaks. CONCLUSIONS: Comet-tailed drusen may represent zones of minor stress of the retinal pigment epithelium--Bruch's membrane complex compared with zones of major stress as in angioid streaks.
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