1) Medical sign
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A cherry-red spot is a finding in the macula of the eye in a variety of lipid storage disorders and in central retinal artery occlusion. It describes the appearance of a small circular choroid shape as seen through the fovea centralis. Its appearance is due to a relative transparency of the macula; storage disorders cause the accumulation of stora...
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The ophthalmoscopic appearance of the normal choroid beneath the fovea centralis, appearing as a red spot surrounded by white retinal oedema in central artery closure or lipid infiltration in sphingolipidosis. ... Synonym: Tay's cherry-red spot. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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the choroid appearing as a red circular area surrounded by gray-white retina, as viewed throught the fovea centralis in Tay-Sachs disease. Called also Tay spot.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. the ophthalmoscopic appearance of the normal choroid beneath the fovea centralis, appearing as a red spot surrounded by white retinal edema in central artery closure or lipid infiltration in sphingolipidosis. Synonyms: Tay cherry-red spot
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