title: [Peripheral retina in AMD patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the frequency and possible correlation between peripheral retinal lesions and AMD.
  
  
  METHODS
  92 patients (50-89 years old), with AMD were evaluated by indirect ophthalmoscopy and biomicroscopy with triple mirror. The control group consisted of 92 patients without any lesions in macula and other retinal changes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the AMD patients the peripheral benign lesions were found more frequent than in control group (p = 0.003, especially: drusen (p = 0.026), atrophy (p = 0.011), and chorioretinal degeneration (p = 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The presence of peripheral retinal lesions may correlate with AMD evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Okulistyki I Wydziału Lekarskiego Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego. okulistyka@wum.edu.pl
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ciszewska
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turczyńska
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Switka-Wiecławska
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kecik
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy / Q000379:methods; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014792:Visual Acuity