Multimodal morphological and functional characterization of Malattia Leventinese

Giuseppe Querques1, Benjamin Guigui, Nicolas Leveziel

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, University Paris Est Creteil, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Creteil, 40 Avenue de Verdun, 94000 Creteil, France. giuseppe.querques@hotmail.it

Summary

Malattia Leventinese presents with two distinct drusen types: large, round ones resembling age-related macular degeneration, and smaller, radial ones similar to early-onset cuticular drusen. Functional impairment correlates with sub-RPE deposits.

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