cherry red spot

cherry red spot, an abnormal red circular area of the choroid, visible through the fovea centralis of the eye and surrounded by a contrasting white edema. It is associated with cases of infantile cerebral sphingolipidosis and sometimes appears in the late infantile form of Tay-Sachs disease. Also called Tay’s spot.

Cherry red spot at the macula (Kanski and Bowling, 2011)