Resumo
Definição
História e exame físico
Principais fatores diagnósticos
- presença de fatores de risco
- obscurecimento ou distorção da visão de início súbito
- drusas
- alterações pigmentares maculares
- atrofia geográfica
- neovascularização da coroide
Outros fatores diagnósticos
- descolamento do epitélio pigmentar (degeneração macular relacionada à idade [DMRI] exsudativa)
- perda progressiva da visão em 1 ou ambos os olhos
- formação de cicatriz fibrovascular
- pseudodrusas
Investigações diagnósticas
Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas
- grelha de Amsler
- tomografia de coerência óptica
Investigações a serem consideradas
- angiografia fluoresceínica
- angiografia com indocianina verde (ICV)
- imagem autofluorescente
Algoritmo de tratamento
Colaboradores
Autores
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Professor of Ophthalmology & Matrix Biology
Centre for Hearing and Vision Research
University of Manchester
UK
Declarações
PB has undertaken research activities and received research grants (from charities and the Medical Research Council) that relate to basic mechanisms underpinning age-related macular degeneration. He is an inventor on a patent for a new treatment for age-related macular degeneration filed by the University of Manchester. He does not believe that any of these activities are competing interests with respect to the content of the monograph.
Dr Paul Bishop would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Leon Charkoudian and Dr Joshua L. Dunaief, the previous contributors to this monograph. LC and JLD declare that they have no competing interests.
Revisores
Associate Professor
Vitreoretinal Surgery
Duke University Eye Center
Durham
NC
Declarações
SF declares that she has no competing interests.
Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
Centre for Vision Science
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast
UK
Declarações
UC declares that she has no competing interests.
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