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Retinal Drusen

Medical Definition: Colloid or hyaline bodies lying beneath the retinal pigment epithelium. They may occur either secondary to changes in the choroid that affect the pigment epithelium or as an autosomal dominant disorder of the retinal pigment epithelium.
Guide Notes: colloid or hyalin bodies under retinal pigment; do not confuse with OPTIC DISK DRUSEN, hyalin bodies in optic nerve
Previously Indexed: Hyalin Substance (1966-1989),Macular Degeneration (1975-1989),Pigment Epithelium of Eye (1966-1989)

Retinal Drusen Medical Definitions and Terms

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