Courtesy of Ronald M. Kingsley, MD.
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Retina/Vitreous
Retinal pigment epithelial atrophy. An extensive area of geographic, submacular pigment atrophy involves the entire posterior retina between the temporal retinal vascular arcades. The underlying choroidal vasculature is more prominent when the pigment epithelium is absent or atrophic. This patient demonstrates advanced nonexudative age-related macular degeneration. Such a patient typically has poor visual acuity