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??5 -- Lacquer Crack Lesions and Simple Bleeding Cases 16??3 -- Patchy Chorioretinal Atrophy Cases 24??7 -- Myopic Choroidal Neovascularization (Fuchs??Spot) Cases 38??2.