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CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY AND PRESENILE DISCIFORM EXUDATIVE MACULAR DEGENERATION
Author(s) -
FAURSCHOU SVEND,
ROSENBERG THOMAS,
NIELSEN NORMAN
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1977.tb06129.x
Subject(s) - serous fluid , macular degeneration , medicine , fluorescein angiography , ophthalmology , retinopathy , degeneration (medical) , retinal pigment epithelium , macula lutea , pathology , retinal , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
The clinical syndromes central serous retinopathy (RCS) and presenile exudative disciform macular degeneration (PEDMD) are well known, but the causes of the pathophysiological and pathoanatomical changes in the choriocapillaris, Bruch's membrane and pigment epithelium as predisposing factors are unknown. Apparently these two degenerative macular conditions are different. However, they possibly represent two manifestations of the same nosological entity, which is initially dominated by a subretinal exudation in the macular region. It is therefore also reasonable to consider that RCS can be part of, or an initial stage of PEDMD. In the present study these possibilities have been demonstrated by a follow‐up examination, using among other things fluorescein angiography of a selective material of 20 patients with RCS. In addition, it is shown that RCS can be a more serious condition with regard to the central vision than is generally accepted.