Lacquer cracks are breaks in an eye membrane (Bruch's membrane) seen in the posterior pole of highly myopic eyes (near-sightedness). These changes are expected in a type of myopia known as axial myopia caused by the stretching of the eyeball coats (with increasing axial myopia).
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