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Drusen and drusenoid macular lesions.

Abstract
Yellow-colored lesions with a similar appearance at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium are frequently called drusen. Direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy, slit-lamp and contact lens examination, and fluorescein angiography allow differentiation among true drusen, retinal-pigment-epithelial detachments, and deposits secondary to retinal-pigment-epithelial degeneration. A combination of these lesions may be present in a single eye especially in patients with age-related macular degeneration. It is important to distinguish among these lesions because prognosis and treatment potential vary.
AuthorsP H Morse, E Torczynski, M Kumar
JournalAnnals of ophthalmology (Ann Ophthalmol) Vol. 20 Issue 9 Pg. 327-31, 334 (Sep 1988) ISSN: 0003-4886 [Print] United States
PMID2461137 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Choroid (blood supply)
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Macular Degeneration (diagnosis, etiology)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic (complications, diagnosis, pathology)
  • Pigment Epithelium of Eye
  • Retinal Detachment (diagnosis, pathology)
  • Uveal Diseases (diagnosis, pathology)

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