title: The macular photostress test in diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration.
abstract: We propose the macular photostress test for the evaluation of macular function in the office setting. Eighty eyes were tested and divided into four diagnostic categories: background diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, age-related macular degeneration, and normal. The recovery times for the eyes with age-related macular degeneration were longer than for eyes with macular edema (P = .03). Age-matched patients with age-related macular degeneration had longer recovery times than did those without age-related macular degeneration (P = .0001). A possible explanation is that the prolonged recovery time in the eyes with age-related macular degeneration reflects that the anatomic lesion is located in the retinal pigment epithelium-photoreceptor complex. In comparison, the eyes with macular edema, whose lesion is in the inner retina and not the retinal pigment epithelium, show a less-prolonged recovery time than the eyes with age-related macular degeneration.
authors: Beetham Eye Institute, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Wu
authors: J J
authors: JJ
authors: Weiter
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Santos
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Ginsburg
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Villalobos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000503:physiopathology; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014787:Vision Tests; D014792:Visual Acuity