disciform macular degeneration

disciform macular degeneration
a severe form of the exudative or wet type of age-related macular degeneration, characterized by hemorrhages between the Bruch membrane and the pigmented epithelium that produce a disclike area of sclerosis. Called also macular disciform d., senile exudative macular d., senile disciform d., and Kuhnt-Junius disease.

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