Makulare Drusen. Veranderungen des retinalen Pigmentepithels und angiographische Charakteristika als prognostische Merkmale. [Macular drusen. Changes in the retinal pigment epithelium and angiographic characteristics as prognostic markers]
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Title
Makulare Drusen. Veranderungen des retinalen Pigmentepithels und angiographische Charakteristika als prognostische Merkmale. [Macular drusen. Changes in the retinal pigment epithelium and angiographic characteristics as prognostic markers]
Journal
Ophthalmologe
ISSN
0941-293X (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
12/1994
Volume
91
Number
6
Pages
735-40
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English Abstract
Journal Article --- Old month value: Dec
Journal Article --- Old month value: Dec
Abstract
Drusen in the macular area may precede other manifestations of age-related macular disease associated with severe visual loss. To identify fundus changes that might be predictive of advanced age-related maculopathy, we examined 79 patients with drusen for up to 3 years. Fundus photographs and fluorescein angiograms were independently analysed by two readers in a masked fashion using a standardized grading scheme. Fourteen patients (17.7%) developed a new exudative or nonexudative lesion involving the fovea. Delayed choroidal perfusion on the fluorescein angiogram, interpreted as an indicator for diffuse thickening of Bruch's membrane and relative atrophy of the choriocapillaris, was observed in 12 patients, 5 of whom developed geographic atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium during follow-up (P < 0.009). Additional predictive characteristics included focal hyperpigmentations (P < 0.005) and focal extrafoveal areas of atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium within 1600 microns of the center of the fovea (P < 0.031). These ocular features allow identification of patients with macular drusen at high risk for the development of complicating macular lesions.
Keywords
Aged
Atrophy
Bruch Membrane/pathology
Choroid/pathology
Female
*Fluorescein Angiography
Humans
Macular Degeneration/*diagnosis/pathology
Male
Pigment Epithelium of Eye/*pathology
Prognosis
Retinal Drusen/*diagnosis/pathology
Vision, Low/diagnosis/pathology
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