Age-related macular degeneration: from neovascular to atrophic.
A 72-year-old man with age-related neovascular macular degeneration and recurrent episodes of macular subretinal exudation showed a spontaneous change to geographic atrophy of the macula over a period of six years. The evolution of the macular changes from exudative to atrophic illustrates the difficulty of the retrospective classification of age-related macular degeneration.
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Clinical Branch, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.
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D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001284:Atrophy; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D014792:Visual Acuity