Dr. Bhavik Panchal

Consultant Ophthalmologist, Vitreo Retinal Diseases & Uveitis,L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad

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Bhavik Panchal completed his graduation from Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai and went on to complete his DNB (Ophthalmology) from L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. He completed his clinical fellowship in vitreoretina and uveitis speciality from L V Prasad Eye Institute. He has to his credit, several indexed publications, multiple paper and poster presentations both at the national and international level. His areas of interest are infectious and non-infectious uveitis, ocular sarcoidosis and complex retinal detachments.

  1. Articles 1 Apr 2021 18 min read

    Angioid Streaks

    Angioid streaks are visible irregular crack-like dehiscences in Bruch’s membrane that are associated with atrophic degeneration of the overlying retinal pigmented epithelium. Despite 50 % of cases being idiopathic, this condition grabs attention as it requires good history taking and workup to determine the cause. Historical background The first description of angioid streaks was provided in 1889 by Dr. Robert W. Doyne, an English ophthalmologist. He noticed irregular, jagged deeply pigmented lines especially around the discs of both eyes in a patient who sustained trauma in both eyes and attributed it to be due to the rupture of pigment layer of retina. [1] Because of their resemblance to blood vessels, Herman J. Knapp, a German-born American ophthalmologist coined and introduced the term "angioid streaks" in 1892. [2] They are also known as Knapp’s striae. Clinical examination with histopathological findings by Bock in 1938 in two patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum confirmed that

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