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  1. J.P.C. Peper

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    What's your diagnosis?

    I'll post the correct answer in a couple of days!

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    J.P.C. Peper, Jun 7, 2012
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    Confluent drusens in dry AMD, high risk of converting into exudative AMD
     

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    Age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

    Probably the most important cause of visual impairment and blindness in elderly. In this case, the characteristic drusens (accumulations of extracellular material in the choroidea) are visible.
     

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