On ophthalmic fundus exam, cotton wool spots may appear as small, yellow-white (or grayish-white), slightly elevated lesions, which look like clouds with a fimbriate border in the superficial …

Feb 10, 2025 · Cotton wool spots are patches at the back of your eye. To healthcare providers, they look lighter-colored and fluffy, like absorbent cotton. These patches aren’t dangerous, but …

Jun 12, 2023 · Cotton wool spots (CWS) are fluffy white or yellow spots that can appear on the retina. While the spots themselves don’t typically cause problems, they often indicate an …

Cotton wool spots are opaque fluffy white patches on the retina of the eye that are considered an abnormal finding during a funduscopic exam (also called an ophthalmoscopic exam). [1] …

Oct 1, 2013 · Cotton-wool spots (CWS) (Figure) are acute signs of vascular insufficiency to an area of retina. They have been described in many conditions, but only occasionally cause …

Nov 10, 2023 · Cotton Wool Spots (CWS) are small, white or grayish lesions on the retina—the layer of cells at the back of the eye responsible for converting light into neural signals. These …

Mar 15, 2021 · One of these potential retinal findings is the cotton wool spot (CWS). A CWS appears as a white and fluffy superficial lesion 0.1mm to 1.0mm in diameter that obscures the …

Feb 28, 2018 · Cotton wool spots are an abnormal finding on fundoscopic exam of the retina in otherwise healthy patients. Cotton wool spots appear as puffy white patches on the retina.

Cotton-wool spots (CWSs) are common retinal manifestations of many diseases including diabetes mellitus, systemic hypertension, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Clinically …

White spots on retinal surface caused by microinfarction; Usually do not produce vision loss unless large or near fovea ; Causes are hypertension, diabetes, HIV, lupus, severe anemia or …