Roth spots


Roth spots

(rōt), a round white retina spot surrounded by hemorrhage in bacterial endocarditis, and in other retinal hemorrhagic conditions.

Roth spots

(roth) [Moritz Roth, Swiss physician and pathologist, 1839–1914] Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers, seen in subacute bacterial endocarditis, severe anemia, and leukemia. It is caused by a systemic infection, esp. acute infective endocarditis.

Roth,

Moritz, Swiss physician and pathologist, 1839-1914. Roth spots - a round white retina spot surrounded by hemorrhage in bacterial endocarditis and in other retinal hemorrhagic conditions.vas aberrans of Roth - an occasional diverticulum of the rete testis or of the efferent ductules of the testis.