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.

Annotation

colloid or hyalin bodies under retinal pigment; do not confuse with OPTIC DISK DRUSEN, hyalin bodies in optic nerve

DUI

D015593 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0023937

Previous indexing

Hyalin Substance (1966-1989); Macular Degeneration (1975-1989); Pigment Epithelium of Eye (1966-1989)

History note

90

Public note

90