Svensk definition
Kraftig axiell närsynthet förenad med komplikationer (i synnerhet bakre stafylom och kärlnybildning i åderhinnan) som kan leda till blindhet.
Myopia, Degenerative
Degenerativ myopi
Engelsk definition
Excessive axial myopia associated with complications (especially posterior staphyloma and CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION) that can lead to BLINDNESS.
Svenska synonymer
Progressiv myopi — Patologisk myopia
Engelska synonymer
Degenerative Myopia — Degenerative Myopias — Myopias, Degenerative — Myopia, Pathological — Myopias, Pathological — Pathological Myopia — Pathological Myopias — Myopia, Progressive — Myopias, Progressive — Progressive Myopia — Progressive Myopias