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Leber's miliary aneurysm
Also known as:
Leber’s disease
Associated persons:
Theodor Karl Gustav von Leber
Description:
A form of unilateral (95%) exudative retinopathy occurring in children before puberty, causing so-called amaurotic cat’s eyes. Clinically resembles Coat’s disease. Etiology unknown.
Bibliography:
- T. Leber:
Über eine durch Vorkommen multipler Miliaraneurysmen charakterisierte Form von Retinaldegeneration.
Albrecht von Grafes Archiv für Ophthalmologie, 1912; 81: 1-14.
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