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Disciform macular degeneration

MedGen UID:
543162
•Concept ID:
C0271084
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Disciform senile macular retinal degeneration; EMD - Exudative macular degeneration; Exudative age-related macular degeneration; Exudative senile macular retinal degeneration; Kuhnt-Junius degeneration; Neovascular age-related macular degeneration; Subretinal neovascularization of macula; Wet senile macular degeneration
SNOMED CT: Exudative age-related macular degeneration (414173003); Exudative senile macular retinal degeneration (414173003); Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (414173003); Wet senile macular degeneration (414173003); Subretinal neovascularization of macula (414173003); EMD - Exudative macular degeneration (414173003); Disciform senile macular retinal degeneration (1296526000); Disciform macular degeneration (1296526000); Kuhnt-Junius degeneration (1296526000)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Disciform macular degeneration: a review of the disease and its management.
Chisholm IH
Aust N Z J Ophthalmol 1987 Aug;15(3):243-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1987.tb00077.x. PMID: 2445365
Analysis of monochromatic green argon-laser treatment for age-related macular degeneration.
Hampton GR, Delaney WV Jr
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 1986;224(3):234-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02143061. PMID: 2423417
Treatment of senile disciform macular degeneration.
Bird AC
Trans Ophthalmol Soc N Z 1977;29:21-5. PMID: 269549

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Increased prevalence of disciform macular degeneration after cataract extraction with implantation of an intraocular lens.
van der Schaft TL, Mooy CM, de Bruijn WC, Mulder PG, Pameyer JH, de Jong PT
Br J Ophthalmol 1994 Jun;78(6):441-5. doi: 10.1136/bjo.78.6.441. PMID: 8060925Free PMC Article
Evolution of angioid streaks.
Mansour AM, Ansari NH, Shields JA, Annesley WH Jr, Cronin CM, Stock EL
Ophthalmologica 1993;207(2):57-61. doi: 10.1159/000310407. PMID: 8272342
Clinically important ocular reactions to systemic drug therapy.
Rennie IG
Drug Saf 1993 Sep;9(3):196-211. doi: 10.2165/00002018-199309030-00005. PMID: 8240725
Macular lesions predisposing to senile disciform macular degeneration.
Yuzawa M, Hagita K, Egawa T, Minato H, Matsui M
Jpn J Ophthalmol 1991;35(1):87-95. PMID: 1716707
Senile disciform macular degeneration and smoking.
Paetkau ME, Boyd TA, Grace M, Bach-Mills J, Winship B
Can J Ophthalmol 1978 Apr;13(2):67-71. PMID: 647465

Diagnosis

Ocular manifestations of various systemic disorders.
Mansour AM
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 1994 Dec;5(6):105-9. doi: 10.1097/00055735-199412000-00017. PMID: 10150822
Birdshot retinochoroidopathy.
Fuerst DJ, Tessler HH, Fishman GA, Yokoyama MM, Wyhinny GJ, Vygantas CM
Arch Ophthalmol 1984 Feb;102(2):214-9. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1984.01040030164018. PMID: 6696665
Senile disciform macular degeneration.
Lancet 1983 Feb 5;1(8319):278-9. PMID: 6130298
Sorsby's pseudoinflammatory macular dystrophy.
Hoskin A, Sehmi K, Bird AC
Br J Ophthalmol 1981 Dec;65(12):859-65. doi: 10.1136/bjo.65.12.859. PMID: 7317334Free PMC Article
Photocoagulation in disciform macular degeneration.
Jepson CN, Wetzig PC
Am J Ophthalmol 1969 Jun;67(6):920-30. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(69)90087-7. PMID: 5785852

Therapy

Increased prevalence of disciform macular degeneration after cataract extraction with implantation of an intraocular lens.
van der Schaft TL, Mooy CM, de Bruijn WC, Mulder PG, Pameyer JH, de Jong PT
Br J Ophthalmol 1994 Jun;78(6):441-5. doi: 10.1136/bjo.78.6.441. PMID: 8060925Free PMC Article
Laser treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy, of pigment epithelial detachments and of subretinal neovascularizations in senile disciform macular degeneration.
de Jong PT
Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol 1981;197:55-61. PMID: 6182935
Senile disciform macular degeneration: features indicating suitability for photocoagulation.
Grey RH, Bird AC, Chisholm IH
Br J Ophthalmol 1979 Feb;63(2):85-9. doi: 10.1136/bjo.63.2.85. PMID: 427075Free PMC Article
The development of an experimental model of subretinal neovascularization in disciform macular degeneration.
Ryan SJ
Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1979;77:707-45. PMID: 94717Free PMC Article
Neovascularization after argon laser photocoagulation of macular lesions.
François J, De Laey JJ, Cambie E, Hanssens M, Victoria-Troncoso V
Am J Ophthalmol 1975 Feb;79(2):206-10. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(75)90073-2. PMID: 1167736

Prognosis

Vision testing in atrophic macular degeneration.
Littlewood R, Johnson G, House P
Aust N Z J Ophthalmol 1996 Feb;24(1):47-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1996.tb01551.x. PMID: 8743005
Macular lesions predisposing to senile disciform macular degeneration.
Yuzawa M, Hagita K, Egawa T, Minato H, Matsui M
Jpn J Ophthalmol 1991;35(1):87-95. PMID: 1716707
Disciform degeneration of the macula. II. Pathogenesis.
Gragoudas ES, Chandra SR, Friedman E, Klein ML, Van Buskirk M
Arch Ophthalmol 1976 May;94(5):755-7. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1976.03910030365003. PMID: 1267653
The development of neovascularization of senile disciform macular degeneration.
Teeters VW, Bird AC
Am J Ophthalmol 1973 Jul;76(1):1-18. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(73)90002-0. PMID: 4717340
Photocoagulation in disciform macular degeneration.
Jepson CN, Wetzig PC
Am J Ophthalmol 1969 Jun;67(6):920-30. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(69)90087-7. PMID: 5785852

Clinical prediction guides

Early stages of age-related macular degeneration: an immunofluorescence and electron microscopy study.
van der Schaft TL, Mooy CM, de Bruijn WC, de Jong PT
Br J Ophthalmol 1993 Oct;77(10):657-61. doi: 10.1136/bjo.77.10.657. PMID: 8218037Free PMC Article
Neurological complications of Grönblad-Strandberg syndrome.
Fasshauer K, Reimers CD, Gnau HJ, Strempel I, Rossberg C
J Neurol 1984;231(5):250-2. doi: 10.1007/BF00313660. PMID: 6520616
Massive subretinal hemorrhage and anticoagulant therapy.
Brown GC, Tasman WS, Shields JA
Can J Ophthalmol 1982 Oct;17(5):227-30. PMID: 7172112
Clinically stationary choroidal melanoma with extraocular extension.
Canny CL, Shields JA, Kay ML
Arch Ophthalmol 1978 Mar;96(3):436-9. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1978.03910050212003. PMID: 629680

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