Drusen and drusenoid macular lesions
Morse, P.H.; Torczynski, E.; Kumar, M.
Annals of Ophthalmology 20(9): 327
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-4886 PMID: 2461137 Document Number: 306501
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.