The brief review on Angioid streaks. It is also known as knabs streaks are breaks or cracks in Bruch’s membrane.
If they are involved in the choroid, they lead to choroidal haemorrhage causes of Angioid streaks are as follows: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum Ehlers- Danlos syndrome Paget’s disease Sickle cell disease Lead poisoning Old age Hyperphosphatasemia Acromegaly Diabetes mellitus Sturge-Weber syndrome Hereditary spherocytosis Hemochromatosis Neurofibromatosis In 50% medical cases, the cause is unknown
