Until now, studies of atrophic lesions and their clinical course on pathologic myopia have been incompleted, and diagnostic standards and classifications of chorioreinopathy have been unclear. In this book, the author shows readers his long-term observations of different 53 cases in color and gives descriptions a classification of disease types, a classification of disease stages, and a course of disease progression.

Preface.- Acknowledgments.- 1 Criteria for Diagnosis of Pathologic Myopia.- 2 Methods of Examining the Posterior Pole of the Fundus.- 2.1 Indirect Binocular Microscopy.- 2.2 Slit Lamp Biomicroscopy.- 2.3 Fundus Photography.- 2.4 Fundus Angiography.- 3 Types of Fundus Changes in the Posterior Pole.- 3.1 Tessellated Fundus and Crescent.- 3.2 Diffuse Chorioretinal Atrophy (D).- 3.3 Patchy Chorioretinal Atrophy (P).- 3.4 Macular Hemorrhage (H).- 4 Explanatory Factors of Chorioretinal Atrophy.- 4.1 Percentage of Chorioretinal Atrophy in Each Age Group.- 4.2 Percentage of Eyes with Chorioretinal Atrophy in Each Axial Length Group.- 4.3 Percentage of Chorioretinal Atrophy With or Without Posterior Staphyloma.- 5 Visual Acuity and Chorioretinal Atrophy.- 5.1 Distribution of Visual Acuity and Axial Length.- 5.2 Percentage of Diffuse Chorioretinal Atrophy by Visual Acuity.- 5.3 Percentage of Patchy Atrophy by Visual Acuity.- 5.4 Percentage of Eyes with Macular Hemorrhage.- 5.5 Visual Acuity and Area of Peripapillary Atrophy.- 6 Progression of Chorioretinal Atrophy in Cases of Long-Term Observation.- 6.1 Diffuse Chorioretinal Atrophy.- 6.2 Patchy Atrophy.- 6.3 Choroidal Neovascular Membrane.- 7 Progression of Fundus Changes in the Posterior Pole.- 7.1 Classification of Stage of Fundus Change in the Posterior Pole.- Appendix: Relationship Between Fundus Changes in the Posterior Pole and Visual Acuity.- A.1 Factors That Can Explain the Present Visual Acuity.- A.2 Prognosis of Visual Acuity According to Multivariant Analysis by Quantification II.- References.- Cases of Chorioretinal Atrophy.- Diffuse Chorioretinal Atrophy Cases 1-15.- Lacquer Crack Lesions and Simple Bleeding Cases 16-23.- Patchy Chorioretinal Atrophy Cases 24-37.- Myopic Choroidal Neovascularization (Fuchs'Spot) Cases 38-52.