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.
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Authors | P H Morse, E Torczynski, M Kumar |
Journal | Annals of ophthalmology
(Ann Ophthalmol)
Vol. 20
Issue 9
Pg. 327-31, 334
(Sep 1988)
ISSN: 0003-4886 [Print] United States |
PMID | 2461137
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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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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