Drusen and drusenoid macular lesions.
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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Department of Ophthalmology, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine.
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Kumar
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014603:Uveal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology