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Age-related macular degeneration (1)

Dry age-related macular degeneration. The fundus photograph shows a macula with age-related changes that must be followed carefully for any hint that a neovascular net is forming beneath the retinal pigment epithelium. (Contributed by Dr. James Walters.)

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  • Bassen-Kornzweig disease
  • Cushing syndrome
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome
  • Lawrence-Moon-Biedl syndrome
  • Mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS)
  • Ocular paraneoplastic syndromes
  • Refsum disease
  • Usher syndrome
  • gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • posterior vitreous detachment
  • retinal detachment
  • systemic arterial hypertension
  • systemic lupus erythematosus