Choroidal Disease:

Terms Related to Choroidal Disease

• Choroidal Neovascularization

  A pathological process consisting of the formation of new blood vessels in the CHOROID.

• Choroidal Hemorrhage

  Hemorrhage from the vessels of the choroid.

• Choroidal Neoplasm

  Tumors of the choroid; most common intraocular tumors are malignant melanomas of the choroid. These usually occur after puberty and increase in incidence with advancing ...

• Posterior Choroidal Artery Infarction

  The formation of an area of necrosis in the cerebrum caused by an insufficiency of arterial or venous blood flow. Infarcts of the cerebrum are ...

• Disease Reservoir

  Animate or inanimate sources which harbor disease-causing organisms and thus serve as potential sources of disease outbreaks. Reservoirs should be distinguished from vectors and carriers, ...

• Animal Disease Model

  Animal disease whose pathologic mechanisms are sufficiently similar to those of a different human disease for the animal disease to serve as a model. The ...