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Retinal arterial macroaneurysm (RAM) was first published in a report by Loring in 1880 in which he described a bulging ectasia of the inferotemporal retinal artery in an asymptomatic healthy 25-year-old man (Loring 1880). Fernandez made the first association of retinal artery macroaneurysm with systemic hypertension in 1920 (Fernandez 1920). Robertson was the first to define retinal artery macroaneurysm as a distinct clinical entity and its natural history in 1973 (Robertson 1973). RAM most commonly affects women in their 60s and 70s and is associated with hypertension and atherosclerotic vessel disease. RAM is usually unilateral but may be bilateral in 10% of cases (Rabb et al. 1988). They are usually single but may be multiple in 20% of cases (Rabb et al. 1988).
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Jiramongkolchai, K., Arevalo, J.F. (2020). Retinal Arterial Macroaneurysm. In: Sheyman, A., Fawzi, A.A. (eds) Retinal Vascular Disease. Retina Atlas. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4075-2_6
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